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Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
And sanguine hope through every storm of life,
Shoots her bright beams, and calms the internal strife.
And sanguine hope through every storm of life,
Shoots her bright beams, and calms the internal strife.
The effect speakes, the tongue needes not.
The effect speakes, the tongue needes not.
No day so clear but hath dark clouds.
No day so clear but hath dark clouds.
It is well not to lend too easy an ear to accusations.
It is well not to lend too easy an ear to accusations.
We may outrun,
By violent swiftness, that which we run at,
And lose by over-running.
We may outrun,
By violent swiftness, that which we run at,
And lose by over-running.
We are worthless fowl, hatched from unlucky eggs.
We are worthless fowl, hatched from unlucky eggs.
Every one thinkes his sacke heaviest.
Every one thinkes his sacke heaviest.
Bring in great logs and let them lie
To make a solid core of heat.
Bring in great logs and let them lie
To make a solid core of heat.