Bliss itself is not worth having,
If we're by compulsion blest.

Bliss itself is not worth having,
If we're by compulsion blest.

Beware of the young doctor and the old barber.

Beware of the young doctor and the old barber.

He that lives well sees a farre off.

He that lives well sees a farre off.

He will go back to the old faith he learnt
Beside his mother's knee.

He will go back to the old faith he learnt
Beside his mother's knee.

Hee that comes of a hen must scrape.

Hee that comes of a hen must scrape.

Hunger makes dinners, pastime suppers.

Hunger makes dinners, pastime suppers.

There's not a string attuned to mirth,
But has its chord in melancholy.

There's not a string attuned to mirth,
But has its chord in melancholy.

For without transformation
Men become wolves on every slight occasion.

For without transformation
Men become wolves on every slight occasion.

The end crowns all,
And that old common arbitrator, Time,
Will one day end it.

The end crowns all,
And that old common arbitrator, Time,
Will one day end it.