To play at Chesse when the house is on fire.

To play at Chesse when the house is on fire.

Designedly God covers in dark night the issue of futurity.

Designedly God covers in dark night the issue of futurity.

Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather:
injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead.

Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather:
injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead.

If you could runne, as you drinke, you might catch a hare.

If you could runne, as you drinke, you might catch a hare.

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.

I abhor the profane rabble and keep them at a distance.

I abhor the profane rabble and keep them at a distance.

A proverb is one man's wit and all men's wisdom.

A proverb is one man's wit and all men's wisdom.

The life blood streaming thro' my heart,
Or my more dear immortal part,
Is not more fondly read more

The life blood streaming thro' my heart,
Or my more dear immortal part,
Is not more fondly dear.

Hee that lives in hope danceth without musick.

Hee that lives in hope danceth without musick.