There is a certain kind of pleasure in weeping.

There is a certain kind of pleasure in weeping.

How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is,
To have a thankless child.

How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is,
To have a thankless child.

The arrows are from her dowry.

The arrows are from her dowry.

I shudder when relating it.

I shudder when relating it.

Swiftly our pleasures glide away,
Our hearts recall the distant day
With many sighs.

Swiftly our pleasures glide away,
Our hearts recall the distant day
With many sighs.

Let never maiden think, however fair,
She is not fairer in new clothes than old.

Let never maiden think, however fair,
She is not fairer in new clothes than old.

Slowly and imperceptibly old age comes creeping on.

Slowly and imperceptibly old age comes creeping on.

You cannot make a wind-mill goe with a paire of bellowes.

You cannot make a wind-mill goe with a paire of bellowes.

Craft against craft makes no living.

Craft against craft makes no living.