Conquer we shall, but, we must first contend! It's not the fight that crowns us, but the end..

Fain would I kiss my Julia's dainty leg, Which is as white and hairless as an egg..

Her eyes the glowworm lend thee, The shooting stars attend thee; And the elves also, Whose little eyes glow Like the sparks of fire, befriend the….

Bid me to love, and I will give a loving heart to thee..

God doth not promise here to man that HeWill free him quickly from his misery;But in His own time, and when He thinks fit,Then He will give a happy e….

Outdid the meat, outdid the frolic wine..

You say to me-wards your affection's strong; Pray love me little, so you love me long..

Give me a kiss, and to that kiss a score; Then to that twenty, add a hundred more: A thousand to that hundred: so kiss on, To make that thousand up a….

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 se….

He who has suffered shipwreck, fears to sail Upon the seas, though with a gentle gale..

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

Attempt the end and never stand to doubt; Nothing's so hard, but search will find it out..

Let's live with that small pittance which we have; Who covets more is evermore a slave..

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

Thou art my life, my love, my heart, The very eyes of me: And hast command of every part To live and die for thee..

Here a pretty Baby lies Sung asleep with Lullabies: Pray be silent, and not stirre The easie earth that covers her..

Buying, possessing, accumulating--this is not worldliness. But doing this in the love of it, with no love of God paramount--doing it so that thoughts….

Bid me to live, and I will live Thy Protestant to be: Or bid me love, and I will give A loving heart to thee, A heart as soft, a heart as kind, ….

A little saint best fits a little shrine, A little prop best fits a little vine, As my small cruse best fits my little wine..

Those Saints, which God loves best, The Devil tempts not least..

A spark neglected makes a mighty fire..