May I a small house and large garden have; And a few friends, And many books, both true.
Beauty, thou wild fantastic ape Who dost in every country change thy shape!
Build yourself a book-nest to forget the world without.
All this world's noise appears to me a dull, ill-acted comedy!
All the world's bravery that delights our eyes is but thy several liveries.
Man is too near all kinds of beasts,--a fawning dog, a roaring lion, a thieving fox, a robbing wolf, a dissembling crocodile, a treacherous decoy, and a rapacious vulture.