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Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise,
(That last infirmity of noble mind)
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Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise,
(That last infirmity of noble mind)
To scorn delights, and live laborious days;
But the fair guerdon when we hope to find,
And think to burst out into sudden blaze,
Comes the blind Fury with th' abhorred shears,
And slits the thin-spun life.
Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto
those that be of heavy hearts.
Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto
those that be of heavy hearts.
A foole knowes more in his house, then a wise man in anothers.
A foole knowes more in his house, then a wise man in anothers.
He that hath children, all his morsels are not his owne.
He that hath children, all his morsels are not his owne.
Mend your cloathes, and you may hold out this yeare.
Mend your cloathes, and you may hold out this yeare.
Wherein is the use of getting rid of one thorn out of many?
Wherein is the use of getting rid of one thorn out of many?
Hee that lives ill, feare followes him.
Hee that lives ill, feare followes him.
Grief brims itself and flows away in tears.
Grief brims itself and flows away in tears.
