The Baal-adorer bows on Sinai's steep;
Yet there, e'en there, O God, thy thunders sleep.

The Baal-adorer bows on Sinai's steep;
Yet there, e'en there, O God, thy thunders sleep.

The absent partie is still faultie.

The absent partie is still faultie.

Good hope is often beguiled by her own augury.

Good hope is often beguiled by her own augury.

Things at the worst will cease, or e'en climb upward
To what they were before.

Things at the worst will cease, or e'en climb upward
To what they were before.

Mony refused looseth its brightnesse.

Mony refused looseth its brightnesse.

The first blow is as much as two.

The first blow is as much as two.

They talke of Christmas so long, that it comes.

They talke of Christmas so long, that it comes.

To counsel others, and to disregard one's own safety, is folly.

To counsel others, and to disregard one's own safety, is folly.

It is more blessed to give than to receive.

It is more blessed to give than to receive.