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What, lost a world, and bade a hero fly?
The timid tear in Cleopatra's eye.
What, lost a world, and bade a hero fly?
The timid tear in Cleopatra's eye.
Bee not idle and you shall not bee longing.
Bee not idle and you shall not bee longing.
They are raised on high that their fall may be the greater.
They are raised on high that their fall may be the greater.
Hee that is throwne would ever wrestle.
Hee that is throwne would ever wrestle.
Hee that brings good newes knockes hard.
Hee that brings good newes knockes hard.
The bird that hath been limed in a bush
With trembling wing misdoubteth every bush.
The bird that hath been limed in a bush
With trembling wing misdoubteth every bush.
Designedly God covers in dark night the issue of futurity.
Designedly God covers in dark night the issue of futurity.
'Tis godlike to have power, but not to kill.
'Tis godlike to have power, but not to kill.
The foule Toade hath a faire stone in his head.
The foule Toade hath a faire stone in his head.