I've often wished that I had clear,
For life, six hundred pounds a year,
A handsome house read more

I've often wished that I had clear,
For life, six hundred pounds a year,
A handsome house to lodge a friend,
A river at my garden's end,
A terrace walk, and half a rood
Of land, set out to plant a wood.

Of all complexions the culled sovereignty
Do meet, as at a fair, in her fair cheek,
Where read more

Of all complexions the culled sovereignty
Do meet, as at a fair, in her fair cheek,
Where several worthies make one dignity,
Where nothing wants that want itself doth seek.

And the evil wish is most evil to the wisher.

And the evil wish is most evil to the wisher.

When you love someone, all your saved-up wishes start coming out.

When you love someone, all your saved-up wishes start coming out.

Every wish
Is like a prayer--with God.

Every wish
Is like a prayer--with God.

Wishers and woulders be small householders.

Wishers and woulders be small householders.

You pursue, I fly; you fly, I pursue; such is my humor. What you
wish, Dondymus, I do not read more

You pursue, I fly; you fly, I pursue; such is my humor. What you
wish, Dondymus, I do not wish, what you do not wish, I do.

Man wants but little, nor that little long;
How soon must he resign his very dust,
Which read more

Man wants but little, nor that little long;
How soon must he resign his very dust,
Which frugal nature lent him for an hour!

My wish isn't to mean everything to everyone but something to someone.

My wish isn't to mean everything to everyone but something to someone.