Why, then, do you walk as if you had swallowed a ramrod?

Why, then, do you walk as if you had swallowed a ramrod?

Make hast to an ill way that you may get out of it.

Make hast to an ill way that you may get out of it.

But, Clifford, tell me, didst thou never hear,
That things ill got had ever bad success?

But, Clifford, tell me, didst thou never hear,
That things ill got had ever bad success?

I sit within a helmless bark.

I sit within a helmless bark.

There are many waies to fame.

There are many waies to fame.

For a morning raine leave not your journey.

For a morning raine leave not your journey.

Oh! too convincing--dangerously dear--
In woman's eye the unanswerable tear!
That weapon of her weakness she can read more

Oh! too convincing--dangerously dear--
In woman's eye the unanswerable tear!
That weapon of her weakness she can wield,
To save, subdue--at once her spear and shield.

Riches are first to be sought for; after wealth, virtue.

Riches are first to be sought for; after wealth, virtue.

Happie is hee that chastens himselfe.

Happie is hee that chastens himselfe.