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What is now an act of reason, was but blind impulse.
What is now an act of reason, was but blind impulse.
Day treads upon the heels of day, and the new moons hasten to
their waning.
Day treads upon the heels of day, and the new moons hasten to
their waning.
Springes to catch woodcocks.
Springes to catch woodcocks.
Something attempted, something done
Has earned a night's repose.
Something attempted, something done
Has earned a night's repose.
Be not ashamed to have had wild days, but not to have sown your
wild oats.
Be not ashamed to have had wild days, but not to have sown your
wild oats.
Thornes whiten yet doe nothing.
Thornes whiten yet doe nothing.
Going as if he trod upon eggs.
Going as if he trod upon eggs.
The shrill trump,
The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife.
The shrill trump,
The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife.