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Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale.
Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale.
Patience revels in misfortunes.
Patience revels in misfortunes.
Nothing dries sooner then a teare.
Nothing dries sooner then a teare.
Alas, by what trivial causes is greatness overthrown!
Alas, by what trivial causes is greatness overthrown!
Happier are the hands compast with yron, then a heart with
thoughts.
Happier are the hands compast with yron, then a heart with
thoughts.
Patience lightens the burthen we cannot avert.
Patience lightens the burthen we cannot avert.
This oiled and curled Assyrian bull,
Smelling of musk and of insolence.
This oiled and curled Assyrian bull,
Smelling of musk and of insolence.
An undertaking beset with danger.
An undertaking beset with danger.
