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The finishing stroke of all sorrow.
The finishing stroke of all sorrow.
An old dog barks not in vain.
An old dog barks not in vain.
Stay a little and news will find you.
Stay a little and news will find you.
You will not be a chip the richer.
You will not be a chip the richer.
A creature not too bright nor good
For human nature's daily food.
A creature not too bright nor good
For human nature's daily food.
No creature smarts so little as a fool.
No creature smarts so little as a fool.
If reasons were as plentiful as blackberries,
I would give no man a reason upon compulsion.
If reasons were as plentiful as blackberries,
I would give no man a reason upon compulsion.
Think you if Laura had been Petrarch's wife
He would have written sonnets all his life?
Think you if Laura had been Petrarch's wife
He would have written sonnets all his life?
