Maxioms by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Hospitality sitting with gladness.
Hospitality sitting with gladness.
Feet that run on willing errands!
Feet that run on willing errands!
Saint Augustine! well hast thou said,
That of our vices we can frame
A ladder, if we read more
Saint Augustine! well hast thou said,
That of our vices we can frame
A ladder, if we will but tread
Beneath our feet each deed of shame.
Good-night! good-night! as we so oft have said
Beneath this roof at midnight, in the days
That read more
Good-night! good-night! as we so oft have said
Beneath this roof at midnight, in the days
That are no more, and shall no more return.
Thou hast but taken up thy lamp and gone to bed;
I stay a little longer, as one stays
To cover up the embers that still burn.
Rule by patience, Laughing Water!
Rule by patience, Laughing Water!
