Not if you burst yourself will you equal him.

Not if you burst yourself will you equal him.

The snow has at last melted, the fields regain their herbage, and
the trees their leaves.

The snow has at last melted, the fields regain their herbage, and
the trees their leaves.

I too am not powerless, and my weapons strike hard.

I too am not powerless, and my weapons strike hard.

It is part of the cure to wish to be cured.
[Lat., Pars sanitatis velle sanari fruit.]

It is part of the cure to wish to be cured.
[Lat., Pars sanitatis velle sanari fruit.]

This is truth the poet sings,
That a sorrow's crown of sorrows is remembering happier things.

This is truth the poet sings,
That a sorrow's crown of sorrows is remembering happier things.

No choice amongst stinking fish.

No choice amongst stinking fish.

To rise with the lark, and go to bed with the lamb.

To rise with the lark, and go to bed with the lamb.

The rose is fairest when 'tis budding new.

The rose is fairest when 'tis budding new.

Give me the ocular proof.

Give me the ocular proof.