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Covetous of another man's, prodigal of his own.
Covetous of another man's, prodigal of his own.
When all men have what belongs to them, it cannot bee much.
When all men have what belongs to them, it cannot bee much.
He told me once
The saddest thing that can befall the soul,
Is when it loses faith read more
He told me once
The saddest thing that can befall the soul,
Is when it loses faith in God and woman,
For he had lost them both. Lost I those gems,
Though the world's throne stood open in my path,
I would go wandering back into my childhood,
Searching for them with tears.
Miseries of which I was an eye witness and in which I took a
chief part.
Miseries of which I was an eye witness and in which I took a
chief part.
A hand may first, and then a lip be kiss'd.
A hand may first, and then a lip be kiss'd.
And on her lover's arm she leant,
And round her waist she felt it fold,
And far read more
And on her lover's arm she leant,
And round her waist she felt it fold,
And far across the hills they went,
In that new world that is the old.
This is the real secret of all that indignation.
This is the real secret of all that indignation.
What is now an act of reason, was but blind impulse.
What is now an act of reason, was but blind impulse.
