Fall Greeks; fail fame; honour or go or stay; My major vow lies here, this I'll obey.

Rude am I in my speech, And little blessed with the soft phrase of peace.

A whoreson jackanapes must take me up for swearing; as if I borrowed mine oaths of him and might not spend them at my pleasure. When a gentleman is disposed to swear, it is not for any standers-by to curtail his oaths, ha?

What need the bridge much broader than the flood?

the time of life is short; To spend that shortness basely were too long.

Happy are they that hear their detractions, and can put them to mending.

Her virtues, graced with external gifts, Do breed love's settled passions in my heart; And like as rigour of tempestuous gusts Provokes the mightiest hulk against the tide, So am I driven by breath of her renown Either to suffer shipwreck or arrive Where I may have fruition of her love.