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Then let me quaff the foamy tide,
And through the dance meandering glide.
Then let me quaff the foamy tide,
And through the dance meandering glide.
Loveliness
Needs not the foreign aid of ornament,
But is, when unadorn'd, adorn'd the most.
Loveliness
Needs not the foreign aid of ornament,
But is, when unadorn'd, adorn'd the most.
Though fame is smoke,
Its fumes are frankincense to human thought.
Though fame is smoke,
Its fumes are frankincense to human thought.
For 'tis not good that children should know any wickedness.
For 'tis not good that children should know any wickedness.
Pleasant is the recollection of dangers past.
Pleasant is the recollection of dangers past.
The cholerick man never wants woe.
The cholerick man never wants woe.
Little pitchers have wide eares.
[Little pitchers have wide ears.]
Little pitchers have wide eares.
[Little pitchers have wide ears.]
My sun has not yet set for ever.
My sun has not yet set for ever.
That, which has not its alternation of rest, will not last long.
That, which has not its alternation of rest, will not last long.