Maxioms by William R. Alger
With strength and patience all his grievous loads are borne,
And from the world's rose-bed he only asks a read more
With strength and patience all his grievous loads are borne,
And from the world's rose-bed he only asks a thorn.
Words of love, are works of love.
Words of love, are works of love.
The moon is a silver pin-head vast,
That holds the heaven's tent-hangings fast.
The moon is a silver pin-head vast,
That holds the heaven's tent-hangings fast.
Fill up the goblet and reach to me some!
Drinking makes wise, but dry fasting makes glum.
Fill up the goblet and reach to me some!
Drinking makes wise, but dry fasting makes glum.
Ten poor men sleep in peace on one straw heap, as Saadi sings,
But the immensest empire is too read more
Ten poor men sleep in peace on one straw heap, as Saadi sings,
But the immensest empire is too narrow for two kings.
