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Milke saies to wine, welcome friend.
Milke saies to wine, welcome friend.
A crown
Golden in show, is but a wreath of thorns,
Bring dangers, troubles, cares, and sleepless read more
A crown
Golden in show, is but a wreath of thorns,
Bring dangers, troubles, cares, and sleepless nights
To him who wears the regal diadem.
Man is to man a god or a wolf.
Man is to man a god or a wolf.
They succeed, because they think they can.
They succeed, because they think they can.
There are words and accents by which this grief can be assuaged,
and the disease in a great measure read more
There are words and accents by which this grief can be assuaged,
and the disease in a great measure removed.
An undertaking beset with danger.
An undertaking beset with danger.
Who overcomes
By force, hath overcome but half his foe.
Who overcomes
By force, hath overcome but half his foe.
I escaped the Thunder, and fell into the Lightning.
I escaped the Thunder, and fell into the Lightning.
There rose no day, there roll'd no hour
Of pleasure unembitter'd;
And not a trapping deck'd my read more
There rose no day, there roll'd no hour
Of pleasure unembitter'd;
And not a trapping deck'd my power,
That gall'd not while it glitter'd.