Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh,
it is a tree of life.

Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh,
it is a tree of life.

Let Apella the Jew credit it, if he will.

Let Apella the Jew credit it, if he will.

Being on sea saile, being on land settle.

Being on sea saile, being on land settle.

That which never has been, never is, and never will be.

That which never has been, never is, and never will be.

In a retreat the lame are formost.

In a retreat the lame are formost.

I talk of cheese, you of chalk.

I talk of cheese, you of chalk.

Foul-spoken coward, that thunder'st with thy tongue,
And with thy weapon nothing dar'st perform.

Foul-spoken coward, that thunder'st with thy tongue,
And with thy weapon nothing dar'st perform.

Day treads upon the heels of day, and the new moons hasten to
their waning.

Day treads upon the heels of day, and the new moons hasten to
their waning.

As the sweet voice of a bird,
Heard by the lander in a lonely isle,
Moves him read more

As the sweet voice of a bird,
Heard by the lander in a lonely isle,
Moves him to think what kind of bird it is,
That sings so delicately clear, and make
Conjecture of the plumage and the form.