Poems by Benjamin Franklin
DECEMBER. [1757] XII Month.
... 'd is a Foe:Resist not therefore to your utmost Might,But let the Weakest think he's sometimes right ...
How to get RICHES
... ins rise:Weigh every small Expence, and nothing waste,Farthings long sav'd, amount to Pounds at last ...
III Mon. May [1734] hath xxxi days.
... Where those that are without would fain get in,And those that are within would fain get out ...
MAY. [1748] III Month.
... Plain,With Care selects each fragrant flow'r he meets,And forms one Garland of their mingled sweets ...
V Mon. July [1747] hath xxxi days.
... o Day, and Sunday to the Week,Our very Joys are anxious, and expireBetween Satiety and fierce Desire ...
VI Mon. August [1742] hath xxxi days.
... Relief,Thou bitter, sweet, thou pleasing, teazing Thing,Thou Bee, that with thy Honey wears a Sting ...
X Mon. December [1744] hath xxxi days.
... And this World's Goods th'Accommodations be ...
XI Mon. January [1733] hath xxxi days.
... dressing of her head,And sit at dinner like a maiden bride,And talk of nothing all day but of pride ...
XI Mon. January [1736] hath xxxi days.
... uth they use Equivocation,And eke it out with mental Reservation,Which to good Men is an Abomination ...
XII Mon. February [1746] hath xxviii days.
... eason nor to SenseLike Cats in Airpumps, to subsist we striveOn Joys too thin to keep the Soul alive ...
