Maxioms by Thomas Campbell
For Beauty's tears are lovelier than her smile.
For Beauty's tears are lovelier than her smile.
The wine is poured, you should drink it.
[Fr., Le vin est verse, il faut le boire.]
The wine is poured, you should drink it.
[Fr., Le vin est verse, il faut le boire.]
The prophet's mantle, ere his flight began,
Dropt on the world--a sacred gift to man.
The prophet's mantle, ere his flight began,
Dropt on the world--a sacred gift to man.
And hears thy stormy music in the drum!
And hears thy stormy music in the drum!
What we might call, by way of Eminence, the Dismal Science.
What we might call, by way of Eminence, the Dismal Science.
