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There is no useful thing which may not be turned to an injurious
purpose.
There is no useful thing which may not be turned to an injurious
purpose.
Married in haste we may repent at leisure.
Married in haste we may repent at leisure.
There's not a string attuned to mirth,
But has its chord in melancholy.
There's not a string attuned to mirth,
But has its chord in melancholy.
Stay a little, that we may make an end the sooner.
Stay a little, that we may make an end the sooner.
But who alas! can love and then be wise?
But who alas! can love and then be wise?
The grape becomes tinted from the grape it comes in contact with.
The grape becomes tinted from the grape it comes in contact with.
They dance, they revel, and they sing,
Till the rude turrets shake and ring.
They dance, they revel, and they sing,
Till the rude turrets shake and ring.
Hee that labours and thrives spins gold.
Hee that labours and thrives spins gold.
Discreet women have neither eyes nor eares.
Discreet women have neither eyes nor eares.