Subtlety set a trap and caught itself.

Subtlety set a trap and caught itself.

Her very silence, and her patience,
Speak to the people, and they pity her.

Her very silence, and her patience,
Speak to the people, and they pity her.

Come, let us take a lesson from our forefathers, and enjoy the
Christmas holyday.

Come, let us take a lesson from our forefathers, and enjoy the
Christmas holyday.

Small minds are captivated by trifles.

Small minds are captivated by trifles.

But when to mischief mortals bend their will,
How soon they find fit instruments of ill.

But when to mischief mortals bend their will,
How soon they find fit instruments of ill.

And with necessity,
The tyrant's plea, excused his devilish deeds.

And with necessity,
The tyrant's plea, excused his devilish deeds.

Give place to your superiors.

Give place to your superiors.

It will never come out of the flesh that's bred in the bone.

It will never come out of the flesh that's bred in the bone.

Time rolls his ceaseless course.

Time rolls his ceaseless course.