But he who stems a stream with sand,
And fetters flame with flaxen band,
Has yet a read more

But he who stems a stream with sand,
And fetters flame with flaxen band,
Has yet a harder task to prove--
By firm resolve to conquer love!

Are not these woods
More free from peril than the envious court?

Are not these woods
More free from peril than the envious court?

Feare, the Bedle of the Law.

Feare, the Bedle of the Law.

The eagle suffers little birds to sing,
And is not careful what they mean thereby,
Knowing that read more

The eagle suffers little birds to sing,
And is not careful what they mean thereby,
Knowing that with the shadow of his wings
He can at pleasure stint their melody:
Even so mayest thou the giddy men of Rome.

You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned. [You have laid up a
grief in store for yourself.]

You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned. [You have laid up a
grief in store for yourself.]

The Devill is not alwaies at one doore.

The Devill is not alwaies at one doore.

Mills and wives ever want.

Mills and wives ever want.

Grief is put to flight and assuaged by generous draughts.

Grief is put to flight and assuaged by generous draughts.

When sorrows come, they come not single spies,
But in battalions.

When sorrows come, they come not single spies,
But in battalions.