LAWN, as white as driven snow;
Cypress, black as e'er was crow:
Gloves, as sweet as damask roses;
Masks for faces, and for noses;
Bugle-bracelet, necklace amber,
Perfume for a lady's chamber:
Golden quoifs and stomachers,
For my lads to give their dears;
Pins and poking-sticks of steel,

What maids lack from head to heel:

Come, buy of me, come; come buy, come buy;

Buy, lads, or else your lasses cry.

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE.

CRABBED AGE AND YOUTH.

CRABBED age and youth

Cannot live together : Youth is full of pleasance, Age is full of care; Youth like summer morn,

Age like winter weather; Youth like summer brave, Age like winter bare. Youth is full of sport, Age's breath is short;

Youth is nimble, age is lane;

Youth is hot and bold,

Age is weak and cold;

Youth is wild, and age is tame.

Age, I do abhor thee,

Youth, I do adore thee;

O, my love, my love is young! Age, I do defy thee:

O, sweet shepherd, hie thee!

For methinks thou stay'st too long.

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE.

BLOW, blow, thou winter wind,

Thou art not so unkind

As man's ingratitude!

Thy tooth is not so keen,

Because thou art not seen.

Although thy breath be rude.

Heigh, ho! sing heigh, ho! unto the green holly: Most friendship is feigning, most loving mere folly. Then heigh, ho, the holly!

This life is most jolly.

Freeze, freeze, thou bitter sky,
That dost not bite so nigh
As benefits forgot!
Though thou the waters warp,
Thy sting is not so sharp

As friend remember'd not.

Heigh, ho! &c. &c.

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE.