HYPOCRITES. They Can pray upon occasion, talk of heaven, Otway. THE STRENGTH OF FRIENDSHIP. Friendship is the cement of two minds, Chapman. THE LOTTERY OF MARRIAGE. Marry! no faith; husbands are like lots in As it has got its branch above the waves, Marston. JEALOUSY. Thou wond'rous yellow fiend! Temper an antidote with antimony, And 'tis infectious: Mix jealousy with marriage, It poisons virtue. Davenport. A TRUE KING. He's a king, A true, right king, that dares do aught, save wrong: Fears nothing mortal, but to be unjust; Who is not blown up with the flatt'ring puffs Of spongy sycophants; who stands unmov'd, Despite the justling of opinion. THE JUST MAN FEARLESS. A just man cannot fear; Marston. Not, though the malice of traducing tongues, Ben Jonson. CALAMITY TO BE RESPECTED. Do not insult calamity; It is a barbarous grosness to lay on The weight of scorn, where heavy misery Too much already weighs men's fortunes down. Daniel. DROWSINESS of Night. The drowsy night grows on the world, and now Forget the travail of the day in sleep: Rowe. AN IDLE JESTER. He cannot try to speak with gravity, But one perceives he wags an idle tongue; Knowles. A MUTUAL FALSEHOOD. Money and man a mutual falsehood show, Aleyn. THE TRUE COnqueror. The fine and noble way to kill a foe, Is not to kill him: you with kindness may AN UPRIGHT JUDGE. A judge-a man so learn'd, So full of equity, so noble, so notable; Chapman and Shirley. HYMN TO THE MOON. Queen and huntress, chaste and fair, State in wonted manner keep : Earth, let not thy envious shade Cynthia's shining orb was made Heav'n to clear, when day did close: Lay thy bow of pearl apart, And thy crystal shining quiver; Give unto the flying hart Space to breathe, how short soever : Goddess, excellently bright. Ben Jonson. |