Maxioms by William Cowper
Doing good,
Disinterested good, is not our trade.
Doing good,
Disinterested good, is not our trade.
Beware of desperate steps. The darkest day,
Live till to-morrow, will have pass'd away.
Beware of desperate steps. The darkest day,
Live till to-morrow, will have pass'd away.
Thus neither the praise nor the blame is our own.
Thus neither the praise nor the blame is our own.
Gloriously drunk, obey the important call.
Gloriously drunk, obey the important call.
None but an author knows an author's cares,
Or Fancy's fondness for the child she bears.
None but an author knows an author's cares,
Or Fancy's fondness for the child she bears.
