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In the morning mountaines, in the evening fountaines.
In the morning mountaines, in the evening fountaines.
Few love to hear the sins they love to act.
Few love to hear the sins they love to act.
The mill cannot grind with water that's past.
The mill cannot grind with water that's past.
Speak the truth, but leave immediately after.
Speak the truth, but leave immediately after.
The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
How he read more
The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
How he esteems your merit,
Is such a friend, that one had need
Be very much his friend indeed
To pardon or to bear it.
Let ease and rest at times be given to the weary.
Let ease and rest at times be given to the weary.
I gave the mouse a hole, and she is become my heire.
I gave the mouse a hole, and she is become my heire.
Yielded with coy submission, modest pride,
And sweet reluctant amorous delay.
Yielded with coy submission, modest pride,
And sweet reluctant amorous delay.
In robe and crown the king stepped down,
To meet and greet her on her way.
In robe and crown the king stepped down,
To meet and greet her on her way.