...heart of gall, In faney's spring, bnt sorrow's fall. Thy gowns, thy shoes, thy beds of roses, Thy eap, thy kirtle, and thy posies, Soon break, soon wither,...soon forgotten ; In folly ripe, in reason rotten. 1 Parts of the seeond and third stanzas of this song are qnoted in the Merry Wives of Windsor, Aet...

...rest complains of cares to come. The flowers do fade, and wanton fields To wayward winter reckoning yields ; A honey tongue, a heart of gall, Is fancy's spring, but sorrow's full. Thy gowns, thy shoes, thy beds of roses, Thy cap, thy kirtle, and thy posies, Soon break, soon...

...stncke upon her winding sheet." The flowers do fade, and wanton fields To wayward winter reckoning yields, A honey tongue, a heart of gall, Is fancy's...folly ripe, in reason rotten. Thy belt of straw, and ivy-buds, Thy coral clasps, and amber studs, All these in me no means can move To come to thee, and...

...rest complain of cares to come. The flowers do fade, and wanton fields I* To wayward winter reckoning yields; A honey tongue — a heart of gall, Is fancy's...folly ripe, in reason rotten. Thy belt of straw and fvy buds, Thy coral clasps and amber studs; All these in me no means can move To come to thee and be...

...age complains of cares to come. The flowers do fade, and wanton fields To wayward winter reckoning yields ; A honey tongue, a heart of gall, Is fancy's...folly ripe, in reason rotten. Thy belt of straw and ivy-buds, Thy coral clasps and amber studs, All these in me no means can move To come to thee, and...

...rest complains of cares to come. The flowers do fade, and wanton fields To wayward winter reckoning yields; A honey tongue, a heart of gall, Is fancy's...gowns, thy shoes, thy beds of roses, Thy cap, thy kittle, and thy posies, Soon break, soon wither, soon forgotten, In folly ripe, in reason rotten. Thy...

...rest complains of cares to come. The flowers do fade, and wanton fields To wayward winter reckoning yields ; A honey tongue, a heart of gall, Is fancy's...gowns, thy shoes, thy beds of roses, Thy cap, thy Hrtle, and thy posies, Soon break, soon wither, soon forgotten, In folly ripe, in reason rotten. Thy...

...and rocks grow cold; Then Philomel becometh dumb, And age complains of care to come. Thy gowns, ttfy shoes, thy beds of roses, Thy cap, thy kirtle and thy posies Soon hreak, soon wither, soon forgotten, In folly ripe, in reason rotten. Thy belt of straw and ivy buds,...

...and be thy love. But fading flowers in every field, To winter floods their treasures yield; A honey'd tongue, a heart of gall, Is Fancy's spring, but Sorrow's fall. Thy gown, thy shoes, thy beds of roses, Thy cap, thy kirtle, and thy posies, Are all soon wither'd, broke,...

...underneath, " Draw equal." 36 " The flowers do fade, and wanton fields To wayward winter reckoning yields. A honey tongue, a heart of gall, Is fancy's spring, but sorrow's fall." England's Helicon. 1600. Ladies, it has been said, are the very reverse of their mirrors—the latter...