Oh, woman! in our hours of ease,
Uncertain, coy, and hard to please.

Oh, woman! in our hours of ease,
Uncertain, coy, and hard to please.

Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest.

Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest.

Immodest words admit of no defence;
For want of decency is want of sense.

Immodest words admit of no defence;
For want of decency is want of sense.

We see not our own backs.

We see not our own backs.

Dress drains our cellar dry,
And keeps our larder lean; puts out our fires
And introduces hunger, read more

Dress drains our cellar dry,
And keeps our larder lean; puts out our fires
And introduces hunger, frost, and woe,
Where peace and hospitality might reign.

Such crimes has superstition caused.

Such crimes has superstition caused.

To ask that which is unjust at the hands of the just, is an
injustice in itself; to expect read more

To ask that which is unjust at the hands of the just, is an
injustice in itself; to expect that which is just from the
unjust, is simple folly.

Suretyship is the precursor of ruin.

Suretyship is the precursor of ruin.

Such a Saint, such an offering.

Such a Saint, such an offering.