Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher ( 10 of 73 )
It is always good
When a man has two irons in the fire.
It is always good
When a man has two irons in the fire.
And he that will to bed go sober,
Falls with the leaf still in October.
And he that will to bed go sober,
Falls with the leaf still in October.
Vice gets more in this vicious world
Than piety.
Vice gets more in this vicious world
Than piety.
Yet what are they, the learned and the great?
Awhile of longer wonderment the theme!
Who shall read more
Yet what are they, the learned and the great?
Awhile of longer wonderment the theme!
Who shall presume to prophesy their date,
Where nought is certain save the uncertainty of fate?
- Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher,
Nose, nose, holly red nose,
And who gave thee that jolly red nose?
Nutmegs and ginger, cinammon read more
Nose, nose, holly red nose,
And who gave thee that jolly red nose?
Nutmegs and ginger, cinammon and cloves;
And they gave me this jolly red nose.
He that's liberal
To all alike, may do a good by chance,
But never out of judgment.
He that's liberal
To all alike, may do a good by chance,
But never out of judgment.
All your better deeds
Shall be in water writ, but this in marble.
All your better deeds
Shall be in water writ, but this in marble.
I'll put that in my considering cap.
I'll put that in my considering cap.
One foot in the grave.
One foot in the grave.
Lie lightly on my ashes, gentle earthe.
Lie lightly on my ashes, gentle earthe.
