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There is more talke then trouble.
There is more talke then trouble.
O how full of briars is this working-day world.
O how full of briars is this working-day world.
Pull downe your hatt on the winds side.
Pull downe your hatt on the winds side.
The gentle Hawke halfe mans her selfe.
The gentle Hawke halfe mans her selfe.
An old man at school is a contemptible and ridiculous object.
An old man at school is a contemptible and ridiculous object.
The brightest of all things, the sun, hath its spots.
The brightest of all things, the sun, hath its spots.
Who must account for himselfe and others, must know both.
Who must account for himselfe and others, must know both.
As Love and I late harbour'd in one inn,
With proverbs thus each other entertain;
"In love read more
As Love and I late harbour'd in one inn,
With proverbs thus each other entertain;
"In love there is no lack," thus I begin;
"Fair words make fools," replieth he again;
"Who spares to speak doth spare to speed," quoth I;
"As well," saith he, "too forward as too slow";
"Fortune assists the boldest," I reply;
"A hasty man," quote he, "ne'er wanted woe";
"Labour is light where love," quote I, "doth pay";
"Light burden's heavy, if far borne";
Quoth I, "The main lost, cast the by away";
"Y'have spun a fair thread," he replies in scorn.
And having thus awhile each other thwarted
Fools as we met, so fools again we parted.
To pull the chestnuts from the fire with the cat's paw.
To pull the chestnuts from the fire with the cat's paw.
