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No tye can oblige the perfidious.
[No tie can oblige the perfidious.]
No tye can oblige the perfidious.
[No tie can oblige the perfidious.]
Condemn the fault, but not the actor of it.
Condemn the fault, but not the actor of it.
Humble Hearts have humble desires.
Humble Hearts have humble desires.
Hee that gives thee a bone, would not have thee die.
Hee that gives thee a bone, would not have thee die.
Yielded with coy submission, modest pride,
And sweet reluctant amorous delay.
Yielded with coy submission, modest pride,
And sweet reluctant amorous delay.
Hath not thy rose a canker, Somerset?
Hath not thy rose a thorn, Plantagenet?
Hath not thy rose a canker, Somerset?
Hath not thy rose a thorn, Plantagenet?
The explanation avails nothing, which in leading us from one
difficulty involves us in another.
The explanation avails nothing, which in leading us from one
difficulty involves us in another.
The house should derive dignity from the master, not the master
from the house.
The house should derive dignity from the master, not the master
from the house.