O, what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practise to deceive!

O, what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practise to deceive!

Passion and strife bow down the mind.

Passion and strife bow down the mind.

Men at some times are masters of their fates.

Men at some times are masters of their fates.

Of what avail are pedigrees?

Of what avail are pedigrees?

You stick in the same mire.

You stick in the same mire.

He who sings the praises of his boyhood's days.

He who sings the praises of his boyhood's days.

Felds hath eyen, and wode have eres.

Felds hath eyen, and wode have eres.

The ofspring of those that are very young, or very old, lasts
not.

The ofspring of those that are very young, or very old, lasts
not.

I from the jaws of a gardener's bitch
Snatched this bone and then leapt the ditch.

I from the jaws of a gardener's bitch
Snatched this bone and then leapt the ditch.