Say to pleasure, Gentle Eve, I will none of your apple.

Say to pleasure, Gentle Eve, I will none of your apple.

Wise men ne'er wail their present woes.

Wise men ne'er wail their present woes.

O that Jupiter would but bring back to me the years that have
passed!

O that Jupiter would but bring back to me the years that have
passed!

Here beauty hangs upon the cheek of night,
Like a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear.

Here beauty hangs upon the cheek of night,
Like a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear.

Nothing is achieved without toil.

Nothing is achieved without toil.

He that gaines well and spends well, needes no count booke.

He that gaines well and spends well, needes no count booke.

Love makes one fitt for any work.

Love makes one fitt for any work.

The mighty pyramids of stone
That wedge-like cleave the desert airs,
When nearer seen, and better known,
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The mighty pyramids of stone
That wedge-like cleave the desert airs,
When nearer seen, and better known,
Are but gigantic flights of stairs.

A man of refined taste and judgment.

A man of refined taste and judgment.