Think you if Laura had been Petrarch's wife
He would have written sonnets all his life?

Think you if Laura had been Petrarch's wife
He would have written sonnets all his life?

With but a plank between them and their fate.

With but a plank between them and their fate.

A virtuous wife commands her husband by obeying him.

A virtuous wife commands her husband by obeying him.

So closely our whims on our miseries tread,
That the laugh is awak'd ere the tear can be dried.

So closely our whims on our miseries tread,
That the laugh is awak'd ere the tear can be dried.

In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.

In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.

Benefits please like flowers while they are fresh.

Benefits please like flowers while they are fresh.

That eagle's fate and mine are one,
Which, on the shaft that made him die,
Espied a read more

That eagle's fate and mine are one,
Which, on the shaft that made him die,
Espied a feather of his own,
Wherewith he wont to soar so high.

Crime oft recoils upon the author's head.

Crime oft recoils upon the author's head.

A City that parlies is half gotten.

A City that parlies is half gotten.