A man that keeps riches and enjoys them not, is like an ass that
carries gold and eats thistles.

A man that keeps riches and enjoys them not, is like an ass that
carries gold and eats thistles.

I have been a soldier,
Till the helm hath worn those aged temples bare.

I have been a soldier,
Till the helm hath worn those aged temples bare.

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.

'Tis gone: a thousand such have slipt
Away from my embraces:
And fallen into the dusty crypt
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'Tis gone: a thousand such have slipt
Away from my embraces:
And fallen into the dusty crypt
Of darken'd forms and faces.

Wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered
together.

Wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered
together.

So was hir jolly whistel wel y-wette.

So was hir jolly whistel wel y-wette.

If you must flie, flie well.

If you must flie, flie well.

The Law is not the same at morning and at night.

The Law is not the same at morning and at night.

A beane in liberty is better then a comfit in prison.

A beane in liberty is better then a comfit in prison.