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Alas! sir,
In what have I offended you? What cause
Hath my behaviour given to your displeasure?
Alas! sir,
In what have I offended you? What cause
Hath my behaviour given to your displeasure?
Every ill man hath his ill day.
Every ill man hath his ill day.
Prayers and provender hinder no journey.
Prayers and provender hinder no journey.
I must be cruel only to be kind.
I must be cruel only to be kind.
Who teacheth often learns himself.
Who teacheth often learns himself.
The poor man, while he apes the wealthy, effects his own ruin.
[The fable of frog and the cow.]
The poor man, while he apes the wealthy, effects his own ruin.
[The fable of frog and the cow.]
Is the sun dimmed, that gnats do fly in it?
Is the sun dimmed, that gnats do fly in it?
He did not care a button for it.
He did not care a button for it.
O, a kiss
Long as my exile, sweet as my revenge!
Now, by the jealous queen of read more
O, a kiss
Long as my exile, sweet as my revenge!
Now, by the jealous queen of heaven, that kiss
I carried from thee dear; and my true lip
Hath virgined it e'er since.