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Endure the present, and watch for better things.
Endure the present, and watch for better things.
One science only will one genius fit,
So vast is art, so narrow human wit.
One science only will one genius fit,
So vast is art, so narrow human wit.
If you have no enemies it is a sign fortune has forgot you.
If you have no enemies it is a sign fortune has forgot you.
Turning these jests out of service, let us talk in good earnest.
Turning these jests out of service, let us talk in good earnest.
Never morning wore
To evening, but some heart did break.
Never morning wore
To evening, but some heart did break.
It's an ill councell that hath no escape.
It's an ill councell that hath no escape.
'Tis gone: a thousand such have slipt
Away from my embraces:
And fallen into the dusty crypt
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'Tis gone: a thousand such have slipt
Away from my embraces:
And fallen into the dusty crypt
Of darken'd forms and faces.
As the yeere is, your pot must seeth.
As the yeere is, your pot must seeth.