Maxioms by Thomas Hood
For my part getting up seems not so easy
By half as lying.
For my part getting up seems not so easy
By half as lying.
Gold! gold! gold! gold!
Bright and yellow, hard and cold!
Gold! gold! gold! gold!
Bright and yellow, hard and cold!
A leech that will not quit the skin until sated with blood.
A leech that will not quit the skin until sated with blood.
It is not linen you're wearing out,
But human creatures' lives.
It is not linen you're wearing out,
But human creatures' lives.
Alas! the fleeting years, how they roll on!
Alas! the fleeting years, how they roll on!
