Whence is that knocking?
How is't with me, when every noise appals me?

Whence is that knocking?
How is't with me, when every noise appals me?

To buy deare is not bounty.

To buy deare is not bounty.

Must I give way and room to your rash choler?

Must I give way and room to your rash choler?

Where you thinke there is bacon, there is no Chimney.

Where you thinke there is bacon, there is no Chimney.

For Lycidas is dead, dead ere his prime,
Young Lycidas, and hath not left his peer.

For Lycidas is dead, dead ere his prime,
Young Lycidas, and hath not left his peer.

Once a yeare a man may say: On his conscience.

Once a yeare a man may say: On his conscience.

Old praise dies, unlesse you feede it.

Old praise dies, unlesse you feede it.

Rest strengthens the body, the mind too is thus supported; but
unremitting toil destroys both.

Rest strengthens the body, the mind too is thus supported; but
unremitting toil destroys both.

Now, my sere fancy "falls into the yellow
Leaf," and imagination droops her pinion;
And the sad read more

Now, my sere fancy "falls into the yellow
Leaf," and imagination droops her pinion;
And the sad truth, which hovers o'er my desk,
Turns what was once romantic to burlesque.