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A burthen cheerfully borne becomes light.
A burthen cheerfully borne becomes light.
Prudence in action avails more than wisdom in conception.
Prudence in action avails more than wisdom in conception.
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.
Something must be allowed to custom.
Something must be allowed to custom.
What the law will compel you to do, do of your own free will.
What the law will compel you to do, do of your own free will.
No tye can oblige the perfidious.
[No tie can oblige the perfidious.]
No tye can oblige the perfidious.
[No tie can oblige the perfidious.]
He who sings the praises of his boyhood's days.
He who sings the praises of his boyhood's days.
Confidence cannot find a place wherein to rest in safety.
Confidence cannot find a place wherein to rest in safety.
Blest tears of soul-felt penitence!
In whose benign, redeeming flow
Is felt the first, the only sense
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Blest tears of soul-felt penitence!
In whose benign, redeeming flow
Is felt the first, the only sense
Of guiltless joy that guilt can know.
