Thus doth the ever-changing course of things Run a perpetual circle, ever turning; And that same day, that highest glory brings, Brings us unto the point of back-returning.
In cloths cheap handsomeness, doth bear the bell.
Who to himself is law no law doth need; offends none and is king indeed.
And join with thee calm Peace and Quiet, Spare Fast, that oft with gods doth diet.
He that departs with his own honesty For Vulgar , doth it too dearly buy.
It is an undoubted truth that every doctrine that comes from God, leads to God; and that which doth not tend to promote holiness is not of God.
What doth better become wisdom than to discern what is worthy the living.
Scatter the clouds that hide The face of heaven, and show Where sweet peace doth abide, Where Truth and Beauty grow.
Who doth his owne businesse, foules not his hands.
The higher the sun ariseth, the less shadow doth he cast; even so the greater is the goodness, the less doth it covet praise; yet cannot avoid its rewards in honors.
This Force, by troth, I'll never comprehend! It doth control and also doth obey? And 'tis within and yet it is beyond, 'Tis both inside and yet outside one's self? What paradox! What fickle-natur'd pow'r! Aye: frailty, thy name-- belike--is Force.
But no perfection is so absolute, That some impurity doth not pollute.
Truth is a naked and open daylight, that does not show the masques, and mummeries, and triumphs of the world, half so stately and daintily as candle-lights. . . A mixture of a lie doth ever add pleasure
If thou do ill, the joy fades, not the pains. If well, the pain doth fade, the joy remains.
Her lips are roses over-washed with dew, Or like the purple of Narcissus' flower; No frost their fair, no wind doth waste their power, But by her breath her beauties to renew.
Drop, drop, slow tears, and bathe those beauteous feet Which brought from heaven the news and prince of peace. Cease not, wet eyes, his mercies to entreat; To cry for vengeance sin doth never cease; In your deep floods drown all my faults and fears, Nor let his eye see sin but through my tears.
Nothing is true but Love, nor aught of worth; Love is the incense which doth sweeten earth.
The best of artists hath no thought to show which the rough stone in its superfluous shell doth not include; to break the marble spell is all the hand that serves the brain can do.
The drunkard forfeits man and doth divest All wordly right, save what he hath by beast.
When people do not mind what God speaks to them in His word, God doth as little mind what they say to Him in prayer.