Some flowers of Eden ye yet inherit,
But the trail of the serpent is over them all.

Some flowers of Eden ye yet inherit,
But the trail of the serpent is over them all.

Sweet to the father is his first-born's birth!

Sweet to the father is his first-born's birth!

Leave not a sword in the hand of an idiot.

Leave not a sword in the hand of an idiot.

With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.

With customes wee live well, but Lawes undoe us.

For Lycidas is dead, dead ere his prime,
Young Lycidas, and hath not left his peer.

For Lycidas is dead, dead ere his prime,
Young Lycidas, and hath not left his peer.

Strong of his hands, and strong on his legs, but still of his
tongue.

Strong of his hands, and strong on his legs, but still of his
tongue.

Spies are the ears and eyes of Princes.

Spies are the ears and eyes of Princes.

Everyone is a master and servant.

Everyone is a master and servant.

There are games in which it is better to lose than win.

There are games in which it is better to lose than win.