“How many cowards whose hearts are all as false As stairs of sand, wear yet upon their chins The beards of Hercules and frowning Mars, Who inward searched, have livers white as milk!” HeartWhiteSandCowardMilkCowardiceInwardMarsBeardStairsChinsLiverFrowning Book:The New Oxford Shakespeare: Modern Critical Edition: The Complete Works Source: The New Oxford Shakespeare: Modern Critical Edition: The Complete Works
“Come back again, old heart! Ah me! Methinks in those thy coward fears There might, perchance, a courage be, That fails in these the manlier years; Courage to let the courage sink, Itself a coward base to think, Rather than not for heavenly light Wait on to show the truly right.” ThinkingYearsHeartShowsLightMightWaitingFailingHeavenlyCowardBack Again Book:Ambarvalia: Poems Source: Ambarvalia: Poems