What mare's nest hast thou found?

What mare's nest hast thou found?

No day so clear but hath dark clouds.

No day so clear but hath dark clouds.

Hold one another's noses to the grindstone hard.

Hold one another's noses to the grindstone hard.

Perhaps the day may come when we shall remember these sufferings
with joy.

Perhaps the day may come when we shall remember these sufferings
with joy.

In my integrity I'll wrap me up.

In my integrity I'll wrap me up.

Building is a sweet impoverishing.

Building is a sweet impoverishing.

Fast bind, fast find--
A proverb never stale in thrifty mind.

Fast bind, fast find--
A proverb never stale in thrifty mind.

O doul on the day that gae me an old man.

O doul on the day that gae me an old man.

Craft against craft makes no living.

Craft against craft makes no living.