We are worthless fowl, hatched from unlucky eggs.

We are worthless fowl, hatched from unlucky eggs.

The stern delight that warriors feel
In foemen worthy of their steel.

The stern delight that warriors feel
In foemen worthy of their steel.

For washing his hands, none sels his lands.

For washing his hands, none sels his lands.

The Divell divides the world between Atheisme and Superstition.

The Divell divides the world between Atheisme and Superstition.

But sighs subside, and tears (even widows') shrink,
Like Arno in the summer, to a shallow.

But sighs subside, and tears (even widows') shrink,
Like Arno in the summer, to a shallow.

But he who stems a stream with sand,
And fetters flame with flaxen band,
Has yet a read more

But he who stems a stream with sand,
And fetters flame with flaxen band,
Has yet a harder task to prove--
By firm resolve to conquer love!

In spending lies the advantage.

In spending lies the advantage.

Drought never brought dearth.

Drought never brought dearth.

By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.

By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.