In prayer the lips ne"er act the winning part Without the sweet concurrence of the heart.
166. LOVE, WHAT IT IS
Love is a circle, that doth restless move In the same sweet eternity of Love.
167. DREAMS
Here we are all, by day; by night we"re hurl"d By dreams, each one into a several world.
168. AMBITION
In man, ambition is the common"st thing; Each one by nature loves to be a king.
169. SAFETY ON THE Sh.o.r.e
What though the sea be calm? Trust to the sh.o.r.e; Ships have been drown"d, where late they danced before.
170. UPON A PAINTED GENTLEWOMAN
Men say you"re fair; and fair ye are, "tis true; But, hark! we praise the painter now, not you.
171. UPON WRINKLES
Wrinkles no more are, or no less, Than beauty turn"d to sourness.
172. CASUALTIES
Good things, that come of course, far less do please Than those which come by sweet contingencies.
173. TO LIVE FREELY
Let"s live in haste; use pleasures while we may; Could life return, "twould never lose a day.
174. NOTHING FREE-COST
Nothing comes free-cost here; Jove will not let His gifts go from him, if not bought with sweat.
175. MAN"S DYING-PLACE UNCERTAIN
Man knows where first he ships himself; but he Never can tell where shall his landing be.
176. LOSS FROM THE LEAST
Great men by small means oft are overthrown; He"s lord of thy life, who contemns his own.
177. POVERTY AND RICHES
Who with a little cannot be content, Endures an everlasting punishment.
178. UPON MAN
Man is composed here of a twofold part; The first of nature, and the next of art; Art presupposes nature; nature, she Prepares the way for man"s docility.
179. PURPOSES
No wrath of men, or rage of seas, Can shake a just man"s purposes; No threats of tyrants, or the grim Visage of them can alter him; But what he doth at first intend, That he holds firmly to the end.