Maxioms by Samuel Butler
As men of inward light are wont
To turn their optics in upon't.
As men of inward light are wont
To turn their optics in upon't.
And though it be a two-foot trout,
'Tis with a single hair pulled out.
And though it be a two-foot trout,
'Tis with a single hair pulled out.
Life is like playing a violin in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.
Life is like playing a violin in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.
And pulpit, drum ecclesiastic,
Was beat with fist instead of a stick.
And pulpit, drum ecclesiastic,
Was beat with fist instead of a stick.
This was the penn'worth of his thought.
This was the penn'worth of his thought.
