I wrote these verses, but another claimed the merit of them.

I wrote these verses, but another claimed the merit of them.

When the night's darkest the dawn is nearest.

When the night's darkest the dawn is nearest.

Hee that is a master must serve (another).

Hee that is a master must serve (another).

'Tis godlike to have power, but not to kill.

'Tis godlike to have power, but not to kill.

In the same [hospitable] manner that a Calabrian would press you
to eat his pears.

In the same [hospitable] manner that a Calabrian would press you
to eat his pears.

A shippe and a woman are ever repairing.

A shippe and a woman are ever repairing.

The singing man keepes his shop in his throate.

The singing man keepes his shop in his throate.

I do not sacrifice, but lend myself to business.

I do not sacrifice, but lend myself to business.

The March sunne raises but dissolves not.

The March sunne raises but dissolves not.