Still achieving, still pursuing,
Learn to labour and to wait.

Still achieving, still pursuing,
Learn to labour and to wait.

At night, to his own sharp fancies a prey,
He lies like a hedgehog rolled up the wrong way,
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At night, to his own sharp fancies a prey,
He lies like a hedgehog rolled up the wrong way,
Tormenting himself with his prickles.

So sweetly she bade me adieu,
I thought that she bade me return.

So sweetly she bade me adieu,
I thought that she bade me return.

Things at the worst will cease, or e'en climb upward
To what they were before.

Things at the worst will cease, or e'en climb upward
To what they were before.

God keepe me from foure houses, an Vsurers, a Taverne, a Spittle,
and a Prison.

God keepe me from foure houses, an Vsurers, a Taverne, a Spittle,
and a Prison.

A hungry stomach rarely despises rough food.

A hungry stomach rarely despises rough food.

Be a gentleman farmer.

Be a gentleman farmer.

A pittifull looke askes enough.

A pittifull looke askes enough.

States have their conversions and periods as well as naturall
bodies.

States have their conversions and periods as well as naturall
bodies.