What, lost a world, and bade a hero fly?
The timid tear in Cleopatra's eye.

What, lost a world, and bade a hero fly?
The timid tear in Cleopatra's eye.

Striving to better, oft we mar what's well.

Striving to better, oft we mar what's well.

That fair face will as years roll on lose its beauty, and old age
will bring its wrinkles to read more

That fair face will as years roll on lose its beauty, and old age
will bring its wrinkles to the brow.

Every picture tells a story.

Every picture tells a story.

The less of this cold world the more of heaven.

The less of this cold world the more of heaven.

Open rebuke is better than secret love.

Open rebuke is better than secret love.

Walls have tongues, and hedges ears.

Walls have tongues, and hedges ears.

What one day gives us, another takes away from us.

What one day gives us, another takes away from us.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Let the dead bury the dead.