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Yestreen, when to the trembling string
The dance gaed thro' the lighted ha',
To thee my fancy read more
Yestreen, when to the trembling string
The dance gaed thro' the lighted ha',
To thee my fancy took its wing;
I sat, but neither heard nor saw.
Such a Saint, such an offering.
Such a Saint, such an offering.
Not if you burst yourself will you equal him.
Not if you burst yourself will you equal him.
When my house burnes, it's not good playing at Chesse.
When my house burnes, it's not good playing at Chesse.
Unto the pure all things are pure.
Unto the pure all things are pure.
O that Jupiter would but bring back to me the years that have
passed!
O that Jupiter would but bring back to me the years that have
passed!
The fish which has once felt the hook, suspects the crooked metal
in every food which offers.
The fish which has once felt the hook, suspects the crooked metal
in every food which offers.
Is the sun dimmed, that gnats do fly in it?
Is the sun dimmed, that gnats do fly in it?
Forbeare not sowing because of birds.
Forbeare not sowing because of birds.