When war is raging the laws are dumb.

When war is raging the laws are dumb.

But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.

But pleasures are like poppies spread:
You seize the flower,--its bloom is shed.

An old friend is a new house.

An old friend is a new house.

I wrote these verses, but another claimed the merit of them.

I wrote these verses, but another claimed the merit of them.

One science only will one genius fit,
So vast is art, so narrow human wit.

One science only will one genius fit,
So vast is art, so narrow human wit.

An inch in a miss is as good as an ell.

An inch in a miss is as good as an ell.

Not treasured wealth, nor the consul's lictor, can dispel the
mind's bitter conflicts and the cares that flit, like read more

Not treasured wealth, nor the consul's lictor, can dispel the
mind's bitter conflicts and the cares that flit, like bats, about
your fretted roofs.

Man's inhumanity to man
Makes countless thousands mourn!

Man's inhumanity to man
Makes countless thousands mourn!

The Lame goes as farre as your staggerer.

The Lame goes as farre as your staggerer.