So comes a reck'ning when the banquet's o'er,
The dreadful reckn'ning, and men smile no more.

So comes a reck'ning when the banquet's o'er,
The dreadful reckn'ning, and men smile no more.

Tears are at times as eloquent as words. [Weeping hath a voice.]

Tears are at times as eloquent as words. [Weeping hath a voice.]

The sun sets without thy assistance.

The sun sets without thy assistance.

Still rolls and to all time shall roll the tumbling flood.

Still rolls and to all time shall roll the tumbling flood.

How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds
Makes ill deeds done.

How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds
Makes ill deeds done.

What! would'st thou have a serpent sting thee twice?

What! would'st thou have a serpent sting thee twice?

The man of wisdom is the man of years.

The man of wisdom is the man of years.

Sweet to the father is his first-born's birth!

Sweet to the father is his first-born's birth!

Sweet is pleasure after pain.

Sweet is pleasure after pain.