My house, my house, though thou art small, thou art to me the
Escuriall.

My house, my house, though thou art small, thou art to me the
Escuriall.

When God is made the master of a family, he disorders the
disorderly.

When God is made the master of a family, he disorders the
disorderly.

Dreading that climax of all earthly ills,
The inflammation of his weekly bills.

Dreading that climax of all earthly ills,
The inflammation of his weekly bills.

Swiftly our pleasures glide away,
Our hearts recall the distant day
With many sighs.

Swiftly our pleasures glide away,
Our hearts recall the distant day
With many sighs.

Let him fry in his own grease.

Let him fry in his own grease.

The river past, and God forgotten.

The river past, and God forgotten.

Neither shall the wave, which has passed on, ever be recalled;
nor can the hour, which has once fled read more

Neither shall the wave, which has passed on, ever be recalled;
nor can the hour, which has once fled by, return again.

Such pains they take to look pretty.

Such pains they take to look pretty.

Losse embraceth shame.

Losse embraceth shame.