Maxioms by William Cowper
By low ambition and the thirst of praise.
By low ambition and the thirst of praise.
A hat not much worse for wear.
A hat not much worse for wear.
He whistles as he goes, light-hearted wretch,
Cold and yet cheerful; messenger of grief
Perhaps to thousands, read more
He whistles as he goes, light-hearted wretch,
Cold and yet cheerful; messenger of grief
Perhaps to thousands, and of joy to some.
We are his,
To serve him nobly in the common cause,
True to the death, but not read more
We are his,
To serve him nobly in the common cause,
True to the death, but not to be his slaves.
The sounding jargon of the schools.
The sounding jargon of the schools.
