How much a dunce that has been sent to roam
Excels a dunce that has been kept at home.

How much a dunce that has been sent to roam
Excels a dunce that has been kept at home.

Sharp is the kiss of the falcon's beak.

Sharp is the kiss of the falcon's beak.

The absent partie is still faultie.

The absent partie is still faultie.

Revenge and wrong bring forth their kind;
The foul cubs like their parents are.

Revenge and wrong bring forth their kind;
The foul cubs like their parents are.

You are too sarcastic.

You are too sarcastic.

Their silence cries aloud.

Their silence cries aloud.

Nothing can come of nothing.

Nothing can come of nothing.

O how full of briars is this working-day world.

O how full of briars is this working-day world.

And on her lover's arm she leant,
And round her waist she felt it fold,
And far read more

And on her lover's arm she leant,
And round her waist she felt it fold,
And far across the hills they went,
In that new world that is the old.