Lord Lytton
Lord Lytton 's Bio
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Born:31.01.2014
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Death:31.01.2014
Maxioms by Lord Lytton
The man who seeks one thing in life, and but one,
May hope to achieve it before life be read more
The man who seeks one thing in life, and but one,
May hope to achieve it before life be done;
But he who seeks all things, wherever he goes,
Only reaps from the hopes which around him he sows
A harvest of barren regrets.
Through tall cowslips nodding near you,
Just to touch you as you pass.
Through tall cowslips nodding near you,
Just to touch you as you pass.
News, news, news, my gossiping friends,
I have wonderful news to tell,
A lady by me her read more
News, news, news, my gossiping friends,
I have wonderful news to tell,
A lady by me her compliments sends;
And this is the news from Hell!
The devil, my friends, is a woman just now.
'Tis a woman that reigns in Hell.
The devil, my friends, is a woman just now.
'Tis a woman that reigns in Hell.
The sylphs and ondines
And the sea-kings and queens
Long ago, long ago, on the waves built read more
The sylphs and ondines
And the sea-kings and queens
Long ago, long ago, on the waves built a city,
As lovely as seems
To some bard in his dreams,
The soul of his latest love-ditty.