The Difference between Them.
This, praise devoureth howsoe'er exprest,
This, starves in sullen fast denied the best.
To a Tear.
O symbol dubious of mirth or woe!
Is't wit, or grief, or onions makes you flow?
Truth and Love.
Truth without Love its mark must often miss,
It gives a cuff when you expect a kiss.
War.
Thousands on distant fields endure and die;
Thousands at home can give no reason why.
Weak and Strong.
Some by the strength of others keep alive;
But full as many on their weakness thrive.
Wisdom.
Queen of all knowledge, thou, in every age!
Science thy counsellor, and Art thy page.
Wit and Humour.
Wit from the mind, and Humour from the mode,
And each helps Mirth to cheer life's weary road.
Wit, Humour, and Comedy.
Humour is mode and form, Wit thought and sprite;
Both to combine is Comedy's delight.
Wit, Beauty, and Pronunciation.
Like Cupid's bow her vermeil lip she bends,
And with a twang her flashing wit descends.
Woman loves Man of renown.
Dearer his name than beauty, youth, and pelf;
She'd be his Fame, and blow the trump herself.