"Nothing so soon the drooping spirits can raise As praises from the men, whom all men praise."

"Who lets slip Fortune, her shall never find, Occasion once passed by, is bald behind."

"Love in her sunny eyes does basking play; Love walks the pleasant mazes of her hair; Love does on both her lips for e…"

"The world's a scene of changes, and to be Constant, in Nature were inconstancy."

"Lukewarmness I account a sin As great in love as in religion."

"Well then; I now do plainly see This busy world and I shall ne'er agree; The very honey of all earthly joy Does of al…"

"Ah, yet, ere I descend to th' grave May I a small house, and large garden have! And a few friends, and many books, bo…"

"What shall I do to be forever known, And make the age to come my own?"

"Fond archer, Hope! who tak'st thy aim so far, That still or short, or wide thine arrows are!"

"Hail, Bard triumphant! and some care bestow On us, the Poets Militant below!"