Maxioms by William Cowper
Gloriously drunk, obey the important call.
Gloriously drunk, obey the important call.
Absence from whom we love is worse than death, and frustrates hope severer than despair.
Absence from whom we love is worse than death, and frustrates hope severer than despair.
 Habits of close attention, thinking heads,
 Become more rare as dissipation spreads,
  Till authors hear at length read more 
 Habits of close attention, thinking heads,
 Become more rare as dissipation spreads,
  Till authors hear at length one general cry
   Tickle and entertain us, or we die! 
 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. 
Reasoning at every step he treads, Man yet mistakes his way, Whilst meaner things, whom instinct leads, Are rarely known read more
Reasoning at every step he treads, Man yet mistakes his way, Whilst meaner things, whom instinct leads, Are rarely known to stray.