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Behold him in conceited circles sail,
Strutting and dancing and now planted stiff,
In all his pomp read more
Behold him in conceited circles sail,
Strutting and dancing and now planted stiff,
In all his pomp of pageantry, as if
He felt the eyes of Europe on his tail.
Though this may be play to you,
'Tis death to us.
Though this may be play to you,
'Tis death to us.
Of joys departed
Not to return, how painful the remembrance.
Of joys departed
Not to return, how painful the remembrance.
Suretyship is the precursor of ruin.
Suretyship is the precursor of ruin.
A great fortune is a great slavery.
A great fortune is a great slavery.
Here I stand the perpetrator of the crime--turn then your sword
on me.
Here I stand the perpetrator of the crime--turn then your sword
on me.
A fellow feeling makes us wondrous kind.
A fellow feeling makes us wondrous kind.
Consider the end.
Consider the end.