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Art is long, and Time is fleeting,
And out hearts, though stout and brave,
Still, like muffled read more
Art is long, and Time is fleeting,
And out hearts, though stout and brave,
Still, like muffled drums, are beating
Funeral marches to the grave.
May everything he treads upon become a rose!
May everything he treads upon become a rose!
Many kisse the hand they wish cut off.
Many kisse the hand they wish cut off.
It will never come out of the flesh that's bred in the bone.
It will never come out of the flesh that's bred in the bone.
With taper-light
To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish.
With taper-light
To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish.
He who spares the wicked injures the good.
He who spares the wicked injures the good.
What is the sin which is not
Sin in itself? Can circumstance make sin
Or virtue?
What is the sin which is not
Sin in itself? Can circumstance make sin
Or virtue?
A master of straw eates a servant of steele.
A master of straw eates a servant of steele.