Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.

Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.

To a crazy ship all winds are contrary.

To a crazy ship all winds are contrary.

For Lycidas is dead, dead ere his prime,
Young Lycidas, and hath not left his peer.

For Lycidas is dead, dead ere his prime,
Young Lycidas, and hath not left his peer.

You are judged of by what you possess.

You are judged of by what you possess.

Feare keepes the garden better then the gardiner.

Feare keepes the garden better then the gardiner.

A righteous man regardeth the life of this beast: but the tender
mercies of the wicked are cruel.

A righteous man regardeth the life of this beast: but the tender
mercies of the wicked are cruel.

Occupy yourself, and you will be out of harm's way.

Occupy yourself, and you will be out of harm's way.

And in the morn and liquid dew of youth,
Contagious blastments are are most imminent.

And in the morn and liquid dew of youth,
Contagious blastments are are most imminent.

Where it concerns himself,
Who's angry at a slander, makes it true.

Where it concerns himself,
Who's angry at a slander, makes it true.