Maxioms by Edward Young
Inhumanity is caught from man,
From smiling man.
Inhumanity is caught from man,
From smiling man.
Amid my list of blessings infinite,
Stands this the foremost, "That my heart has bled."
Amid my list of blessings infinite,
Stands this the foremost, "That my heart has bled."
Thou art so witty, profligate and thin,
At once we think thee Satan, Death and Sin.
Thou art so witty, profligate and thin,
At once we think thee Satan, Death and Sin.
Like our shadows, Our wishes lengthen as our sun declines.
Like our shadows, Our wishes lengthen as our sun declines.
When pain can't bless, heaven quits us in despair.
When pain can't bless, heaven quits us in despair.
