Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren
ground--long heath, brown furze, anything.

Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren
ground--long heath, brown furze, anything.

Hee that hath charge of soules transports them not in bundles.

Hee that hath charge of soules transports them not in bundles.

In a retreat the lame are formost.

In a retreat the lame are formost.

Let an ill man lie in thy straw, and he looks to be thy heire.

Let an ill man lie in thy straw, and he looks to be thy heire.

My sun has not yet set for ever.

My sun has not yet set for ever.

He that measures not himselfe, is measured.

He that measures not himselfe, is measured.

O wad some power the giftie gie us
To see oursel's as ithers see us!
It wad read more

O wad some power the giftie gie us
To see oursel's as ithers see us!
It wad frae monie a blunder free us.
And foolish notion;
What airs in dress and gait wad lea'e us,
And ev'n devotion!

For glances beget ogles, ogles sighs,
Sighs wishes, wishes words, and words a letter.

For glances beget ogles, ogles sighs,
Sighs wishes, wishes words, and words a letter.

Faire is not faire, but that which pleaseth.

Faire is not faire, but that which pleaseth.