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Out of breath to no possible purpose; in attempting everything,
doing nothing.
Out of breath to no possible purpose; in attempting everything,
doing nothing.
There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
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There is a tide in the affairs of men,
Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune;
Omitted, all the voyage of their life
Is bound in shallows and in miseries.
To be too busie gets contempt.
To be too busie gets contempt.
Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of sorrow done,
Shoulder'd his crutch, and show'd how fields were won.
Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of sorrow done,
Shoulder'd his crutch, and show'd how fields were won.
A word spoken in due season, how good is it!
A word spoken in due season, how good is it!
O doul on the day that gae me an old man.
O doul on the day that gae me an old man.
And last, the crown of a' my grief.
And last, the crown of a' my grief.
The less of this cold world the more of heaven.
The less of this cold world the more of heaven.
