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It will never come out of the flesh that's bred in the bone.
It will never come out of the flesh that's bred in the bone.
How can man die better,
Than facing fearful odds
For the ashes of this fathers
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How can man die better,
Than facing fearful odds
For the ashes of this fathers
And the temples of his gods?
'Tis godlike to have power, but not to kill.
'Tis godlike to have power, but not to kill.
Hee begins to die, that quits his desires.
Hee begins to die, that quits his desires.
Still rolls and to all time shall roll the tumbling flood.
Still rolls and to all time shall roll the tumbling flood.
Nature drawes more then ten teemes.
Nature drawes more then ten teemes.
Striving to better, oft we mar what's well.
Striving to better, oft we mar what's well.
Oft expectation fails, and most oft there,
Where most it promises.
Oft expectation fails, and most oft there,
Where most it promises.
Dry bread at home is better then rost meate abroad.
Dry bread at home is better then rost meate abroad.