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Roses grow on thorns and honey wears a sting.
Roses grow on thorns and honey wears a sting.
Look here, he cries (to give him words):
Thou feathered clay, thou scum of birds!
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Look here, he cries (to give him words):
Thou feathered clay, thou scum of birds!
Look here, thou vile, predestined sinner,
Doomed to be roasted for a dinner.
Impotent fury rages powerless and to no purpose.
Impotent fury rages powerless and to no purpose.
For many are called, but few are chosen.
For many are called, but few are chosen.
Treason doth never prosper: what's the reason?
Why if it prosper, none dare call it treason.
Treason doth never prosper: what's the reason?
Why if it prosper, none dare call it treason.
Building is a sweet impoverishing.
Building is a sweet impoverishing.
The wind in ones face makes one wise.
The wind in ones face makes one wise.
For washing his hands, none sels his lands.
For washing his hands, none sels his lands.
A fault is fostered by concealment.
A fault is fostered by concealment.