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I'll put a spoke among your wheels.
I'll put a spoke among your wheels.
To err is human, to forgive, divine.
To err is human, to forgive, divine.
Time stoops to no man's lure.
Time stoops to no man's lure.
To each man at his birth nature has given some fault.
To each man at his birth nature has given some fault.
I am not now in fortune's power,
He that is down can fall no lower.
I am not now in fortune's power,
He that is down can fall no lower.
Pension never inriched young man.
Pension never inriched young man.
What sorrow was, thou bad'st her know,
And from her own she learnt to melt at others' woe.
What sorrow was, thou bad'st her know,
And from her own she learnt to melt at others' woe.
The descent to the infernal regions is easy enough, but to
retrace one's steps, and reach the air above, read more
The descent to the infernal regions is easy enough, but to
retrace one's steps, and reach the air above, there's the rub.
Nothing pleases which is not freshened by variety.
Nothing pleases which is not freshened by variety.