Maxioms by William Wordsworth
A famous man is Robin Hood
The English ballad-singer's joy.
A famous man is Robin Hood
The English ballad-singer's joy.
Once did she hold the gorgeous East in fee,
And was the safeguard of the West.
Once did she hold the gorgeous East in fee,
And was the safeguard of the West.
How commentators each dark passage shun,
And hold their farthing candle to the sun.
How commentators each dark passage shun,
And hold their farthing candle to the sun.
But shapes that come not at an earthly call,
Will not depart when mortal voices bid.
But shapes that come not at an earthly call,
Will not depart when mortal voices bid.
Wrongs unredressed, or insults unavenged.
Wrongs unredressed, or insults unavenged.
