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I'll put a spoke among your wheels.
I'll put a spoke among your wheels.
All feete tread not in one shoe.
All feete tread not in one shoe.
The orange that is too hard squeezed yields a bitter juice.
The orange that is too hard squeezed yields a bitter juice.
We start from the Mother's Arms and we run to the Dustshovel.
We start from the Mother's Arms and we run to the Dustshovel.
So many men in Court and so many strangers.
So many men in Court and so many strangers.
But he who stems a stream with sand,
And fetters flame with flaxen band,
Has yet a read more
But he who stems a stream with sand,
And fetters flame with flaxen band,
Has yet a harder task to prove--
By firm resolve to conquer love!
This world is nothing except it tend to another.
This world is nothing except it tend to another.
When the heart is sick it cannot bear the slightest annoyance.
When the heart is sick it cannot bear the slightest annoyance.