I wont let a wife lead me to the altar. [I will not have a wife
that shall be read more

I wont let a wife lead me to the altar. [I will not have a wife
that shall be my master.]

Whether you boyle snow or pound it, you can have but water of it.

Whether you boyle snow or pound it, you can have but water of it.

God strikes not with both hands, for to the sea he made heavens,
and to rivers foords.

God strikes not with both hands, for to the sea he made heavens,
and to rivers foords.

What is now an act of reason, was but blind impulse.

What is now an act of reason, was but blind impulse.

Fall back upon a name? rest, rot in that?
Not keep it noble, make it nobler? Fools!

Fall back upon a name? rest, rot in that?
Not keep it noble, make it nobler? Fools!

Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house; lest he be weary of
thee, and so hate thee.

Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house; lest he be weary of
thee, and so hate thee.

Breathes there the man with soul so dead,
Who never to himself hath said,
This is my read more

Breathes there the man with soul so dead,
Who never to himself hath said,
This is my own, my native land!
Whose heart hath ne'er within him burn'd,
As home his footsteps he hath turn'd,
From wandering on a foreign strand!

Take heed of the wrath of a mighty man, and the tumult of the
people.

Take heed of the wrath of a mighty man, and the tumult of the
people.

Striving to better, oft we mar what's well.

Striving to better, oft we mar what's well.