My soul is dark! oh quickly string
The harp I yet can brook to hear.

My soul is dark! oh quickly string
The harp I yet can brook to hear.

Heir follows heir, as wave succeeds to wave.

Heir follows heir, as wave succeeds to wave.

Sceptre and crown must tumble down
And in the dust be equal made
With the poor crooked read more

Sceptre and crown must tumble down
And in the dust be equal made
With the poor crooked scythe and spade.

And what love can do, that does love attempt.

And what love can do, that does love attempt.

Who will think that the gods can be insulted with impunity?

Who will think that the gods can be insulted with impunity?

Desiring things widely different for their various tastes.

Desiring things widely different for their various tastes.

They that stand high have many blasts to shake them.

They that stand high have many blasts to shake them.

Neither eyes on letters, nor hands in coffers.

Neither eyes on letters, nor hands in coffers.

For well-dowered wife, credit, friends, birth and beauty,
all-powerful money gives them all.

For well-dowered wife, credit, friends, birth and beauty,
all-powerful money gives them all.