When the lightning strikes but one, not one only does it terrify.

When the lightning strikes but one, not one only does it terrify.

One woe doth tread upon another's heel,
So fast they follow.

One woe doth tread upon another's heel,
So fast they follow.

How can man die better,
Than facing fearful odds
For the ashes of this fathers
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How can man die better,
Than facing fearful odds
For the ashes of this fathers
And the temples of his gods?

The cautious wolf fears the pit, the hawk regards with suspicion
the snare laid for her, and the fish read more

The cautious wolf fears the pit, the hawk regards with suspicion
the snare laid for her, and the fish the hook in its concealment.

I shudder when relating it.

I shudder when relating it.

In spending lies the advantage.

In spending lies the advantage.

Laughter holding both his sides.

Laughter holding both his sides.

But what avail'd this temperance, not complete
Against another object more enticing?

But what avail'd this temperance, not complete
Against another object more enticing?

Every bees hony is sweet.

Every bees hony is sweet.