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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.
Trust not him that hath once broken faith.
Trust not him that hath once broken faith.
A pauper traveller will sing before a beggar.
A pauper traveller will sing before a beggar.
Anothers bread costs deare.
Anothers bread costs deare.
Time is the Rider that breakes youth.
Time is the Rider that breakes youth.
He that gives me small gifts would have me live.
He that gives me small gifts would have me live.
What stronger breast-plate than a heart untainted.
What stronger breast-plate than a heart untainted.
Few tyrants go down to the infernal regions by a natural death.
Few tyrants go down to the infernal regions by a natural death.
O, how this spring of love resembleth
The uncertain glory of an April day,
Which now shows read more
O, how this spring of love resembleth
The uncertain glory of an April day,
Which now shows all the beauty of the sun,
And by and by a cloud takes all away!