Great lords, wise men ne'er sit and wail their loss
But cheerly seek how to redress their harms.

Great lords, wise men ne'er sit and wail their loss
But cheerly seek how to redress their harms.

Now those memories come back to haunt meThey haunt me like a curse

Now those memories come back to haunt meThey haunt me like a curse

For 'tis a truth well known to most,
That whatsoever thing is lost,
We seek it, ere read more

For 'tis a truth well known to most,
That whatsoever thing is lost,
We seek it, ere it comes to light,
In every cranny but the right.

One of the great penalties those of us who live our lives in full view of the public must pay read more

One of the great penalties those of us who live our lives in full view of the public must pay is the loss of that most cherished birthright of man's privacy.

Praising what is lost Makes the remembrance dear.

Praising what is lost Makes the remembrance dear.

That puts it not unto the touch
To win or lose it all.

That puts it not unto the touch
To win or lose it all.

What's saved affords
No indication of what's lost.

What's saved affords
No indication of what's lost.

Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.

Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.

Don't let something that doesn't matter cause you to lose something that does.

Don't let something that doesn't matter cause you to lose something that does.