Maxioms by Robert Browning
What Youth deemed crystal, Age finds out was dew.
What Youth deemed crystal, Age finds out was dew.
No, when the fight begins within himself,
A man's worth something.
No, when the fight begins within himself,
A man's worth something.
Ignorance is not innocence but sin.
Ignorance is not innocence but sin.
This could but have happened once,
And we missed it, lost it forever.
This could but have happened once,
And we missed it, lost it forever.
Only I discern
Infinite passion, and the pain
Of finite hearts that yearn.
Only I discern
Infinite passion, and the pain
Of finite hearts that yearn.
