It is sheer folly to tear the hair in grief as if sorrow could be
cured by baldness.

It is sheer folly to tear the hair in grief as if sorrow could be
cured by baldness.

He who leaves a fault unpunished invites crime.

He who leaves a fault unpunished invites crime.

Hope is the poore mans bread.

Hope is the poore mans bread.

Vain, froward child of empire, say,
Are all thy playthings snatched away?

Vain, froward child of empire, say,
Are all thy playthings snatched away?

To err is human, to forgive, divine.

To err is human, to forgive, divine.

Every bees hony is sweet.

Every bees hony is sweet.

A peace above all earthly dignities,
A still and quiet conscience.

A peace above all earthly dignities,
A still and quiet conscience.

I hang my ears like an ass whose spirits droop.

I hang my ears like an ass whose spirits droop.

For Lycidas is dead, dead ere his prime,
Young Lycidas, and hath not left his peer.

For Lycidas is dead, dead ere his prime,
Young Lycidas, and hath not left his peer.