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Man is to man a god or a wolf.
Man is to man a god or a wolf.
'Tis too much proved,--that with devotion's visage,
And pious action, we do sugar o'er
The devil himself.
'Tis too much proved,--that with devotion's visage,
And pious action, we do sugar o'er
The devil himself.
Fire, if neglected, will soon gain strength.
Fire, if neglected, will soon gain strength.
With winsome cruelty she refuses.
With winsome cruelty she refuses.
What is to be once resolved on should be first often well
considered.
What is to be once resolved on should be first often well
considered.
Love is the true price of love.
Love is the true price of love.
All they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.
All they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.
No Church-yard is so handsom, that a man would desire straight to
bee buried there.
No Church-yard is so handsom, that a man would desire straight to
bee buried there.
I wrote these verses, but another claimed the merit of them.
I wrote these verses, but another claimed the merit of them.