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Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
The crow bewailes the sheepe, and then eates it.
The crow bewailes the sheepe, and then eates it.
Not treasured wealth, nor the consul's lictor, can dispel the
mind's bitter conflicts and the cares that flit, like read more
Not treasured wealth, nor the consul's lictor, can dispel the
mind's bitter conflicts and the cares that flit, like bats, about
your fretted roofs.
The child saies nothing, but what it heard by the fire.
The child saies nothing, but what it heard by the fire.
At morn the blackcock trims his jetty wing,
'Tis morning prompts the linnet's blithest lay;
All Nature's read more
At morn the blackcock trims his jetty wing,
'Tis morning prompts the linnet's blithest lay;
All Nature's children feel the matin spring
Of life reviving, with reviving day.
At Court, every one for himselfe.
At Court, every one for himselfe.
A full belly neither fights nor flies well.
A full belly neither fights nor flies well.
The eye and Religion can beare no jesting.
The eye and Religion can beare no jesting.
