Better times perhaps await us who are now wretched.

Better times perhaps await us who are now wretched.

The dog gnawes the bone because he cannot swallow it.

The dog gnawes the bone because he cannot swallow it.

The finishing stroke of all sorrow.

The finishing stroke of all sorrow.

O, what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practise to deceive!

O, what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practise to deceive!

I kissed thee, ere I killed thee.

I kissed thee, ere I killed thee.

Two other precious drops that ready stood,
Each, in their crystal sluice, he ere they fell
Kiss'd.

Two other precious drops that ready stood,
Each, in their crystal sluice, he ere they fell
Kiss'd.

Every one is weary, the poore in seeking, the rich in keeping,
the good in learning.

Every one is weary, the poore in seeking, the rich in keeping,
the good in learning.

I am not now in fortune's power,
He that is down can fall no lower.

I am not now in fortune's power,
He that is down can fall no lower.

The girl is the smallest portion of herself. [The girl is all
crinoline and chignon.]

The girl is the smallest portion of herself. [The girl is all
crinoline and chignon.]