Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher ( 10 of 73 )
Something given that way.
Something given that way.
It would talk;
Lord, how it talked!
It would talk;
Lord, how it talked!
But they that are above
Have ends in everything.
But they that are above
Have ends in everything.
O great corrector of enormous times,
Shaker of o'er-rank states, thou grand decider
Of dusty and old read more
O great corrector of enormous times,
Shaker of o'er-rank states, thou grand decider
Of dusty and old titles, that healest with blood
The earth when it is sick, and curest the world
O' the pleurisy of people.
I care not twopence.
I care not twopence.
'Twas when young Eustace wore his heart in's breeches.
'Twas when young Eustace wore his heart in's breeches.
There is a method in man's wickedness,
It grows up by degrees.
There is a method in man's wickedness,
It grows up by degrees.
As high as Heaven, as deep as Hell.
As high as Heaven, as deep as Hell.
As cold as cucumbers.
As cold as cucumbers.
Who doubting tyranny, and fainting under
Fortune's false lottery, desperately run
To death, for dread of death; read more
Who doubting tyranny, and fainting under
Fortune's false lottery, desperately run
To death, for dread of death; that soul's most stout,
That, bearing all mischance, dares last it out.