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One paire of eares drawes dry an hundred tongues.
One paire of eares drawes dry an hundred tongues.
Why, then the world's mine oyster,
Which I with sword will open.
Why, then the world's mine oyster,
Which I with sword will open.
A man he seems of cheerful yesterdays,
And confident to-morrows.
A man he seems of cheerful yesterdays,
And confident to-morrows.
Few tyrants go down to the infernal regions by a natural death.
Few tyrants go down to the infernal regions by a natural death.
(They are unknown) because they had no bard to sing their praises.
(They are unknown) because they had no bard to sing their praises.
Miseries of which I was an eye witness and in which I took a
chief part.
Miseries of which I was an eye witness and in which I took a
chief part.
O rare protector of the sheep, a wolf!
O rare protector of the sheep, a wolf!
The arrow will not always find the mark intended.
The arrow will not always find the mark intended.
Dull not device by coldness and delay.
Dull not device by coldness and delay.
