Love rules the court, the camp, the grove,
And men below and saints above,
For love is read more

Love rules the court, the camp, the grove,
And men below and saints above,
For love is heaven and heaven is love.

If the destructive dice-box has pleasures for the father, the son
will be a gambler.

If the destructive dice-box has pleasures for the father, the son
will be a gambler.

Light burthens, long borne, growe heavie.
[Light burdens, long borne, grow heavy.]

Light burthens, long borne, growe heavie.
[Light burdens, long borne, grow heavy.]

But sighs subside, and tears (even widows') shrink,
Like Arno in the summer, to a shallow.

But sighs subside, and tears (even widows') shrink,
Like Arno in the summer, to a shallow.

Jest not with the eye or with Religion.

Jest not with the eye or with Religion.

Better times perhaps await us who are now wretched.

Better times perhaps await us who are now wretched.

To persevere
In obstinate condolement is a course
Of impious stubbornness: 'tis unmanly grief.

To persevere
In obstinate condolement is a course
Of impious stubbornness: 'tis unmanly grief.

Better a near neighbour than a distant cousin.

Better a near neighbour than a distant cousin.

The wine in the bottell doth not quench thirst.
[The wine in the bottle does not quench thirst.]

The wine in the bottell doth not quench thirst.
[The wine in the bottle does not quench thirst.]