For 'tis not good that children should know any wickedness.

For 'tis not good that children should know any wickedness.

We see not our own backs.

We see not our own backs.

Successful villany is called virtue.

Successful villany is called virtue.

Modred's narrow foxy face,
Heart hiding smile, and gray persistent eye.

Modred's narrow foxy face,
Heart hiding smile, and gray persistent eye.

Whether the pitcher hits the stone or the stone hits the pitcher,
it goes ill with the pitcher.

Whether the pitcher hits the stone or the stone hits the pitcher,
it goes ill with the pitcher.

But, oh! the love that gold must crown!

But, oh! the love that gold must crown!

He claims a monopoly in friendship.

He claims a monopoly in friendship.

Hee that stumbles and falles not, mends his pace.

Hee that stumbles and falles not, mends his pace.

And last, the crown of a' my grief.

And last, the crown of a' my grief.