I escaped the Thunder, and fell into the Lightning.

I escaped the Thunder, and fell into the Lightning.

Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.

Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.

At Christmas play, and make good cheer,
For Christmas comes but once a year.

At Christmas play, and make good cheer,
For Christmas comes but once a year.

To be too busie gets contempt.

To be too busie gets contempt.

The thorne comes forth with the point forwards.

The thorne comes forth with the point forwards.

In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return
unto the ground; for out of read more

In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return
unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou
art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

The more my wrong, the more his spite appears.

The more my wrong, the more his spite appears.

The March sunne raises but dissolves not.

The March sunne raises but dissolves not.

Here beauty hangs upon the cheek of night,
Like a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear.

Here beauty hangs upon the cheek of night,
Like a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear.