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Most men are bad.
Most men are bad.
Everybody's business is nobody's business.
Everybody's business is nobody's business.
But sighs subside, and tears (even widows') shrink,
Like Arno in the summer, to a shallow.
But sighs subside, and tears (even widows') shrink,
Like Arno in the summer, to a shallow.
Here beauty hangs upon the cheek of night,
Like a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear.
Here beauty hangs upon the cheek of night,
Like a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear.
Striving to better, oft we mar what's well.
Striving to better, oft we mar what's well.
Yet gold all is not that doth golden seem.
Yet gold all is not that doth golden seem.
Skins may differ, but affection
Dwells in white and black the same.
Skins may differ, but affection
Dwells in white and black the same.
I am myself a man, and nothing relating to men is a matter of
indifference to me.
I am myself a man, and nothing relating to men is a matter of
indifference to me.
He that's long a giving, knowes not how to give.
He that's long a giving, knowes not how to give.