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'Tis too much proved,--that with devotion's visage,
And pious action, we do sugar o'er
The devil himself.
'Tis too much proved,--that with devotion's visage,
And pious action, we do sugar o'er
The devil himself.
Some remedies are worse than the disease itself.
[Lat., Graviora quaedam sunt remedia periculis.]
Some remedies are worse than the disease itself.
[Lat., Graviora quaedam sunt remedia periculis.]
And what love can do, that does love attempt.
And what love can do, that does love attempt.
He puls with a long rope, that waits for anothers death.
He puls with a long rope, that waits for anothers death.
Fire is next akin to smoke.
Fire is next akin to smoke.
Such pains they take to look pretty.
Such pains they take to look pretty.
The Queen, who sat
With lips severely placid felt the knot
Climb in her throat, and with read more
The Queen, who sat
With lips severely placid felt the knot
Climb in her throat, and with her feet unseen
Crushed the wild passion out against the floor.
No day is wholly unproductive of good.
No day is wholly unproductive of good.
