We see not our own backs.

We see not our own backs.

Often do the spirits
Of great events stride on before the events,
And in to-day already walks read more

Often do the spirits
Of great events stride on before the events,
And in to-day already walks to-morrow.

Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.

Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.

No greater grief than to remember days
Of joy when misery is at hand.

No greater grief than to remember days
Of joy when misery is at hand.

A wise man does nothing by constraint.

A wise man does nothing by constraint.

But me no buts.

But me no buts.

Silkes and Satins put out the fire in the chimney.

Silkes and Satins put out the fire in the chimney.

Let the straight-limbed laugh at the club-footed, the white
skinned at the blackamoor.

Let the straight-limbed laugh at the club-footed, the white
skinned at the blackamoor.

Forgiveness to the injured does belong,
But they ne'er pardon who have done the wrong.

Forgiveness to the injured does belong,
But they ne'er pardon who have done the wrong.