Sometimes the best gaine is to lose.

Sometimes the best gaine is to lose.

I make a declaration every spring,
Of reformation ere the year run out,
But somehow this my read more

I make a declaration every spring,
Of reformation ere the year run out,
But somehow this my vestal vary takes wing.

What boots it on the lineal tree to trace
Through many a branch the founders of our race.

What boots it on the lineal tree to trace
Through many a branch the founders of our race.

Love sought is good, but given unsought is better.

Love sought is good, but given unsought is better.

What's done cannot be undone.

What's done cannot be undone.

There is an order
Of mortals on the earth, who do become
Old in their youth, and read more

There is an order
Of mortals on the earth, who do become
Old in their youth, and die ere middle age.

Idle men are the devil's playfellows.

Idle men are the devil's playfellows.

No herb can remedy the anguish of love.

No herb can remedy the anguish of love.

'Twas Christmas broached the mightiest ale,
'Twas Christmas told the merriest tale.

'Twas Christmas broached the mightiest ale,
'Twas Christmas told the merriest tale.