Suspicion, Discontent, and Str...

Suspicion, Discontent, and Strife, Come in for Dowrie with a Wife.

Bid me despair, and I'll despa...

Bid me despair, and I'll despair,Under that cypress tree;Or bid me die, and I will dareE'en Death, to die for thee.

Bid me to live, and I will liv...

Bid me to live, and I will liveThy Protestant to be,Or bid me love, and I will giveA loving heart to thee.

When one is past, another care...

When one is past, another care we have; Thus woe succeeds a woe, as wave a wave.

Art quickens nature; care will...

Art quickens nature; care will make a face; Neglected beauty perisheth apace.

Lord, 'tis Thy plenty-dropping...

Lord, 'tis Thy plenty-dropping hand
That soils my land,
And giv'st me for my bushel sowne
Twice ten for one.
All this, and better, Thou dost send
Me, to this end,
That I should render, for my part,
A thankful heart.

Then be not coy, but use your ...

Then be not coy, but use your time;
And while ye may, go marry:
For having lost but once your prime,
You may for ever tarry.

When the artless doctor sees

When the artless doctor sees
No one hope, but of his fees,
And his skill runs on the lees;
Sweet Spirit, comfort me!
When his potion and his pill,
Has, or none, or little skill,
Meet for nothing, but to kill;
Sweet Spirit, comfort me!

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Rise and put on your foliage, ...

Rise and put on your foliage, and be seen
To come forth, like the springtime, fresh and green

Fair daffodils, we weep to see...

Fair daffodils, we weep to see
You haste away so soon:
As yet the early-rising sun
Has not attained his noon.

Feed him ye must, whose food f...

Feed him ye must, whose food fills you.
And that this pleasure is like raine,
Not sent ye for to drowne your paine,
But for to make it spring againe.

O thou, the drink of gods and ...

O thou, the drink of gods and angels! Wine

None pities him that is in the...

None pities him that is in the snare, who warned before, would not beware.

T is the will that makes the a...

T is the will that makes the action good or ill.

The glorious lamp of heaven, t...

The glorious lamp of heaven, the sun.

Our present tears here, not ou...

Our present tears here, not our present laughter
Are but the handsells of our joys hereafter.

The first act's doubtful, but ...

The first act's doubtful, but we say, it is the last commends the play.

Oft have I heard both youths a...

Oft have I heard both youths and virgins say,
Birds chuse their mates and couple too this day:
But by their flight I never can devine
When I shall couple with my valentine.

In sober mornings do not thou ...

In sober mornings do not thou rehearse
The holy incantation of a verse

When the tempter me pursueth

When the tempter me pursueth
With the sins of all my youth,
And half damns me with untruth,
Sweet Spirit, comfort me!

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