Faire language grates not the tongue.

Faire language grates not the tongue.

Neither head, nor feet. [Referring to anything very intricate.]

Neither head, nor feet. [Referring to anything very intricate.]

They condemn that which they cannot comprehend.

They condemn that which they cannot comprehend.

He who sings the praises of his boyhood's days.

He who sings the praises of his boyhood's days.

'Tis gone: a thousand such have slipt
Away from my embraces:
And fallen into the dusty crypt
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'Tis gone: a thousand such have slipt
Away from my embraces:
And fallen into the dusty crypt
Of darken'd forms and faces.

He that staies does the businesse.

He that staies does the businesse.

This is truth the poet sings,
That a sorrow's crown of sorrows is remembering happier things.

This is truth the poet sings,
That a sorrow's crown of sorrows is remembering happier things.

Whence is that knocking?
How is't with me, when every noise appals me?

Whence is that knocking?
How is't with me, when every noise appals me?

Friends fly away when the cask has been drained to the dregs.

Friends fly away when the cask has been drained to the dregs.