I am not what I once was.
[Lat., Non sum qualis eram.]

I am not what I once was.
[Lat., Non sum qualis eram.]

We must recoile a little, to the end we may leap the better.

We must recoile a little, to the end we may leap the better.

Here beauty hangs upon the cheek of night,
Like a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear.

Here beauty hangs upon the cheek of night,
Like a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear.

If any would not work, neither shall he eat.

If any would not work, neither shall he eat.

Feare keepes the garden better then the gardiner.

Feare keepes the garden better then the gardiner.

Fighting without concert, they suffer universal defeat.

Fighting without concert, they suffer universal defeat.

Vain, froward child of empire, say,
Are all thy playthings snatched away?

Vain, froward child of empire, say,
Are all thy playthings snatched away?

What has not wasting time impaired?

What has not wasting time impaired?

We get blows and return them.

We get blows and return them.