My soul is dark! oh quickly string
The harp I yet can brook to hear.

My soul is dark! oh quickly string
The harp I yet can brook to hear.

Nought so vile, that on the earth doth live,
But to the earth some special good cloth give.

Nought so vile, that on the earth doth live,
But to the earth some special good cloth give.

'Tis neither here nor there.

'Tis neither here nor there.

Time rolls on, and we grow old with silent years.

Time rolls on, and we grow old with silent years.

To go where the King goes afoot (i.e. to the stool).

To go where the King goes afoot (i.e. to the stool).

Waight and measure take away strife.

Waight and measure take away strife.

No wicked man knows happiness, and least of all the seducer of
others.

No wicked man knows happiness, and least of all the seducer of
others.

An upbraided morsell never choaked any.

An upbraided morsell never choaked any.

It takes much from the account, to which his sin doth amount.

It takes much from the account, to which his sin doth amount.