Friend, for your epitaph I'm grieved,
Where still so much is said;
One half will never be read more

Friend, for your epitaph I'm grieved,
Where still so much is said;
One half will never be believed,
The other never read.

He who would have the kernel must crack the shell.

He who would have the kernel must crack the shell.

My sister and my sister's child,
Myself and children three,
Will fill the chaise: so you must read more

My sister and my sister's child,
Myself and children three,
Will fill the chaise: so you must ride
On horseback after me.

They are raised on high that their fall may be the greater.

They are raised on high that their fall may be the greater.

Lips that touch liquor will never touch mine.

Lips that touch liquor will never touch mine.

Sceptre and crown must tumble down
And in the dust be equal made
With the poor crooked read more

Sceptre and crown must tumble down
And in the dust be equal made
With the poor crooked scythe and spade.

A Daniel come to judgment! yea, a Daniel!

A Daniel come to judgment! yea, a Daniel!

She never told her love,
But let concealment, like a worm i' th' bud,
Feed on her read more

She never told her love,
But let concealment, like a worm i' th' bud,
Feed on her damask cheek. She pined in thought;
And, with a green and yellow melancholy,
She sat like Patience on a monument,
Smiling at grief.

He that doth what he should not, shall feele what he would not.

He that doth what he should not, shall feele what he would not.