Strike the iron whilst it is hot.

Strike the iron whilst it is hot.

But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.

But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.

[A woman] fiercer than a cubless tigress.

[A woman] fiercer than a cubless tigress.

When shall we find his equal?

When shall we find his equal?

In a bondsman's key,
With bated breath and whispering humbleness.

In a bondsman's key,
With bated breath and whispering humbleness.

Bad beginnings, bad endings.

Bad beginnings, bad endings.

Fall back upon a name? rest, rot in that?
Not keep it noble, make it nobler? Fools!

Fall back upon a name? rest, rot in that?
Not keep it noble, make it nobler? Fools!

Treading softly like a thief,
Lest the harsh shingle should grate underfoot,
And feeling all along the read more

Treading softly like a thief,
Lest the harsh shingle should grate underfoot,
And feeling all along the garden wall.

Every fool will be meddling.

Every fool will be meddling.