Add a sprinkling of folly to your long deliberations.

Add a sprinkling of folly to your long deliberations.

With devotion's visage,
And pious action, we do sugar o'er
The devil himself.

With devotion's visage,
And pious action, we do sugar o'er
The devil himself.

Sceptre and crown must tumble down
And in the dust be equal made
With the poor crooked read more

Sceptre and crown must tumble down
And in the dust be equal made
With the poor crooked scythe and spade.

Consider what each soil will bear, and what each refuses.

Consider what each soil will bear, and what each refuses.

The spirits run riot in youth.

The spirits run riot in youth.

Bear with evil, and expect good.

Bear with evil, and expect good.

'Tis too much proved,--that with devotion's visage,
And pious action, we do sugar o'er
The devil himself.

'Tis too much proved,--that with devotion's visage,
And pious action, we do sugar o'er
The devil himself.

But who alas! can love and then be wise?

But who alas! can love and then be wise?

This division of labour will lessen the task.

This division of labour will lessen the task.