Yestreen, when to the trembling string
The dance gaed thro' the lighted ha',
To thee my fancy read more

Yestreen, when to the trembling string
The dance gaed thro' the lighted ha',
To thee my fancy took its wing;
I sat, but neither heard nor saw.

But he, whose humours spurn law's awful yoke,
Must herd with those, by whom law's bonds are broke.

But he, whose humours spurn law's awful yoke,
Must herd with those, by whom law's bonds are broke.

What is bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh.

What is bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh.

Penny wise, pound foolish.

Penny wise, pound foolish.

When a man is pleased with the lot of others, he is dissatisfied
with his own, as a matter read more

When a man is pleased with the lot of others, he is dissatisfied
with his own, as a matter of course.

I wrote these verses, but another claimed the merit of them.

I wrote these verses, but another claimed the merit of them.

Take away her rewards, and who will ever clasp naked Virtue to
his bosom?

Take away her rewards, and who will ever clasp naked Virtue to
his bosom?

Gloriously false. [Like Rahab.]

Gloriously false. [Like Rahab.]

To bee beloved is above all bargaines.

To bee beloved is above all bargaines.