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To rise with the lark, and go to bed with the lamb.
To rise with the lark, and go to bed with the lamb.
Judge of a tree by its fruit, not by its leaves.
Judge of a tree by its fruit, not by its leaves.
Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.
Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.
. . . it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
. . . it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
To his tuned spirit the wild heather-bells
Ring Sabbath knells;
The sod's a cushion for his pious read more
To his tuned spirit the wild heather-bells
Ring Sabbath knells;
The sod's a cushion for his pious want,
And, consecrated by the heaven within it,
The sky-blue pool a font.
Confusion's cure lives not
In these confusions.
Confusion's cure lives not
In these confusions.
O how full of briars is this working-day world.
O how full of briars is this working-day world.
Troy owes to Homer what whist owes to Hoyle.
Troy owes to Homer what whist owes to Hoyle.
He that is angry at a feast is rude.
He that is angry at a feast is rude.
