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Woe to the house where there is no chiding.
Woe to the house where there is no chiding.
Wouldst thou, or thou,
Forego what's now,
For all that hope may say?
No--joy's read more
Wouldst thou, or thou,
Forego what's now,
For all that hope may say?
No--joy's reply,
From every eye,
Is, "Live we while we may."
Sweet to the father is his first-born's birth!
Sweet to the father is his first-born's birth!
He is not poore that hath little, but he that desireth much.
He is not poore that hath little, but he that desireth much.
If you would bee at ease, all the world is not.
If you would bee at ease, all the world is not.
This even-handed justice
Commends th' ingredience of our poisoned chalice
To our own lips.
This even-handed justice
Commends th' ingredience of our poisoned chalice
To our own lips.
While I am speaking the opportunity is lost.
While I am speaking the opportunity is lost.
God made the country, and man made the town.
God made the country, and man made the town.
Disgraces are like cherries, one drawes another.
Disgraces are like cherries, one drawes another.