Had you the world on your Chesse-bord, you could not fill all to
your mind.

Had you the world on your Chesse-bord, you could not fill all to
your mind.

The higher the tower, the greater the fall thereof.

The higher the tower, the greater the fall thereof.

The slow, sweet hours that bring us all things good.

The slow, sweet hours that bring us all things good.

Catch, then, O catch the transient hour;
Improve each moment as it flies!

Catch, then, O catch the transient hour;
Improve each moment as it flies!

He that feares leaves, let him not goe into the wood.

He that feares leaves, let him not goe into the wood.

In the morning mountaines, in the evening fountaines.

In the morning mountaines, in the evening fountaines.

Confusion's cure lives not
In these confusions.

Confusion's cure lives not
In these confusions.

I would not exchange my life of ease and quiet for the riches of
Arabia.

I would not exchange my life of ease and quiet for the riches of
Arabia.

If yee would know a knave, give him a staffe.

If yee would know a knave, give him a staffe.