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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.
To have the same likes and dislikes, therein consists the firmest
bond of friendship.
To have the same likes and dislikes, therein consists the firmest
bond of friendship.
The longest Day hath an Eueninge.
The longest Day hath an Eueninge.
The gallant Sir Robert fought hard to the end,
But who can with fate and quart bumpers contend?
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The gallant Sir Robert fought hard to the end,
But who can with fate and quart bumpers contend?
Though Fate said, a hero should perish ill light;
So up rose bright Phoebus, and down fell the knight.
Let all live as they would die.
Let all live as they would die.
Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes.
[Well may he smell fire, whose gown burns.]
Well may hee smell fire, whose gowne burnes.
[Well may he smell fire, whose gown burns.]
The destruction of the poor is their poverty.
The destruction of the poor is their poverty.
Autumnall Agues are long, or mortall.
Autumnall Agues are long, or mortall.
