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His resolution is unshaken; tears, though shed, avail not.
His resolution is unshaken; tears, though shed, avail not.
Integrity is praised and starves.
Integrity is praised and starves.
A poore mans Cow dies a rich mans child.
A poore mans Cow dies a rich mans child.
Milke saies to wine, welcome friend.
Milke saies to wine, welcome friend.
To pluck the vicious quitch
Of blood and custom wholly out of him,
And make all clean read more
To pluck the vicious quitch
Of blood and custom wholly out of him,
And make all clean and plant himself afresh.
To make a commencement requires a mental effort.
To make a commencement requires a mental effort.
Tyrants' fears
Decrease not, but grow faster than their years.
Tyrants' fears
Decrease not, but grow faster than their years.
They dance, they revel, and they sing,
Till the rude turrets shake and ring.
They dance, they revel, and they sing,
Till the rude turrets shake and ring.
Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye.
Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye.