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A blustering night, a faire day.
A blustering night, a faire day.
Led on by impulse, and blind and ungovernable desires.
Led on by impulse, and blind and ungovernable desires.
He subdues their rising passion and soothes their anger by soft
remonstrance.
He subdues their rising passion and soothes their anger by soft
remonstrance.
Ridicule often cuts the knot, where severity fails.
Ridicule often cuts the knot, where severity fails.
I must be cruel only to be kind.
I must be cruel only to be kind.
Honour without profit is a ring on the finger.
Honour without profit is a ring on the finger.
Never was anything so inconsistent.
Never was anything so inconsistent.
Even play has ended in fierce strife and anger.
Even play has ended in fierce strife and anger.