We listen with deep interest to what we hear, for to man novelty
is ever charming.

We listen with deep interest to what we hear, for to man novelty
is ever charming.

They make a desert and they call it peace.

They make a desert and they call it peace.

In time the rod
Becomes more mocked than feared.

In time the rod
Becomes more mocked than feared.

So many men in Court and so many strangers.

So many men in Court and so many strangers.

Sit in your place and none can make you rise.

Sit in your place and none can make you rise.

Poverty is the mother of health.

Poverty is the mother of health.

Fortune, delighting in her cruel task, and playing her wanton
game untiringly, is ever shifting her uncertain favours.

Fortune, delighting in her cruel task, and playing her wanton
game untiringly, is ever shifting her uncertain favours.

Cruelty is more cruell, if we defer the pain.

Cruelty is more cruell, if we defer the pain.

Defer not till to-morrow to be wise,
To-morrow's sun to thee may never rise.

Defer not till to-morrow to be wise,
To-morrow's sun to thee may never rise.