How calm, how beautiful comes on
The stilly hour, when storms are gone!
When warring winds have read more

How calm, how beautiful comes on
The stilly hour, when storms are gone!
When warring winds have died away,
And clouds, beneath the glancing ray,
Melt off, and leave the land and sea
Sleeping in bright tranquillity.

Take the goods the gods provide thee.

Take the goods the gods provide thee.

We get blows and return them.

We get blows and return them.

But what avail'd this temperance, not complete
Against another object more enticing?

But what avail'd this temperance, not complete
Against another object more enticing?

Dearths foreseene come not.

Dearths foreseene come not.

Let not your expenditure exceed your income.

Let not your expenditure exceed your income.

Are you not accustomed to look at home, when you abuse others?

Are you not accustomed to look at home, when you abuse others?

Apollo does not always bend his bow.

Apollo does not always bend his bow.

Am I always to be a mere listener? Shall I never reply?

Am I always to be a mere listener? Shall I never reply?