Thomas Middleton ( 10 of 22 )
All was false and hollow, though his tongue
Dropt manna, and could make the worst appear
The read more
All was false and hollow, though his tongue
Dropt manna, and could make the worst appear
The better reason.
Love-quarrels oft in pleasing concord end.
Love-quarrels oft in pleasing concord end.
Anything for a quiet life.
Anything for a quiet life.
How fallen, how changed
From him, who, in the happy realms of light,
Clothed with transcendent brightness, read more
How fallen, how changed
From him, who, in the happy realms of light,
Clothed with transcendent brightness, didst outshine
Myriads, though bright.
Who reigns within himself, and rules
Passions, desires, and fears, is more a king.
Who reigns within himself, and rules
Passions, desires, and fears, is more a king.
Beat all your feathers as flat as pancakes.
Beat all your feathers as flat as pancakes.
And with necessity,
The tyrant's plea, excused his devilish deeds.
And with necessity,
The tyrant's plea, excused his devilish deeds.
With diadem and sceptre high advanced,
The lower still I fall; only supreme
In misery; such joy read more
With diadem and sceptre high advanced,
The lower still I fall; only supreme
In misery; such joy ambition finds.
The less of this cold world the more of heaven.
The less of this cold world the more of heaven.
Hold their nose to the grindstone.
Hold their nose to the grindstone.
