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He told me once
The saddest thing that can befall the soul,
Is when it loses faith read more
He told me once
The saddest thing that can befall the soul,
Is when it loses faith in God and woman,
For he had lost them both. Lost I those gems,
Though the world's throne stood open in my path,
I would go wandering back into my childhood,
Searching for them with tears.
He that deales in the world needes foure seeves.
He that deales in the world needes foure seeves.
One man excels in eloquence, another in arms.
One man excels in eloquence, another in arms.
God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.
God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.
Worship and birth to me are known
By look, by bearing, and by tone,
Not by furred read more
Worship and birth to me are known
By look, by bearing, and by tone,
Not by furred robe, or broidered zone.
Seeming genial, venial fault.
Seeming genial, venial fault.
Water, fire, and souldiers, quickly make roome.
Water, fire, and souldiers, quickly make roome.
Hee that will deceive the fox, must rise betimes.
Hee that will deceive the fox, must rise betimes.
Stay a while, that we may make an end the sooner.
Stay a while, that we may make an end the sooner.