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 Ostensibly polite, you nourish the cunning of the fox in the 
hollowness of your heart.  
 Ostensibly polite, you nourish the cunning of the fox in the 
hollowness of your heart. 
A diligent Scholer, and the Master's paid.
A diligent Scholer, and the Master's paid.
Fighting without concert, they suffer universal defeat.
Fighting without concert, they suffer universal defeat.
For violent fires soon burn out themselves.
For violent fires soon burn out themselves.
Be not arrogant when fortune smiles, or dejected when she frowns.
Be not arrogant when fortune smiles, or dejected when she frowns.
'Twixt hope and fear, anxiety and anger.
'Twixt hope and fear, anxiety and anger.
 The Queen, who sat
 With lips severely placid felt the knot
  Climb in her throat, and with read more 
 The Queen, who sat
 With lips severely placid felt the knot
  Climb in her throat, and with her feet unseen
   Crushed the wild passion out against the floor. 
And Jove but laughs at lovers' perjury.
And Jove but laughs at lovers' perjury.
The table robbes more then a thiefe.
The table robbes more then a thiefe.