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Fill the bright goblet, spread the festive board!
Fill the bright goblet, spread the festive board!
[A woman] fiercer than a cubless tigress.
[A woman] fiercer than a cubless tigress.
He is onely bright that shines by himselfe.
He is onely bright that shines by himselfe.
Present fears
Are less than horrible imaginings.
Present fears
Are less than horrible imaginings.
Love's mind of judgment rarely hath a taste:
Wings and no eyes figure unheedy haste.
Love's mind of judgment rarely hath a taste:
Wings and no eyes figure unheedy haste.
I had rather aske of my sire browne bread, then borrow of my
neighbour white.
I had rather aske of my sire browne bread, then borrow of my
neighbour white.
By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
Are not these woods
More free from peril than the envious court?
Are not these woods
More free from peril than the envious court?
A bachelor's bed is the most pleasant.
A bachelor's bed is the most pleasant.