If I live to grow old, as I find I go down,
Let this be my fate in a country town;
May I have a warm house, with a stone at my gate,
And a cleanly young girl to rub my bald pate.
May I govern my passions with an absolute sway,
Grow wiser and better as my strength wears away,
Without gout or stone, by a gentle decay.
- Walter Pope, The Old Man's Wish,
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Thy wish was father, Harry, to that thought.
Thy wish was father, Harry, to that thought.
I wish they would only take me as I am.
I wish they would only take me as I am.
If a man could half his wishes he would double his Troubles.
If a man could half his wishes he would double his Troubles.
You pursue, I fly; you fly, I pursue; such is my humor. What you
wish, Dondymus, I do not read more
You pursue, I fly; you fly, I pursue; such is my humor. What you
wish, Dondymus, I do not wish, what you do not wish, I do.
And the evil wish is most evil to the wisher.
And the evil wish is most evil to the wisher.
I've often wished that I had clear,
For life, six hundred pounds a year,
A handsome house read more
I've often wished that I had clear,
For life, six hundred pounds a year,
A handsome house to lodge a friend,
A river at my garden's end,
A terrace walk, and half a rood
Of land, set out to plant a wood.
Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.
Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.
I wanted to be a cattle rancher when I was young, because it was what I knew and I loved read more
I wanted to be a cattle rancher when I was young, because it was what I knew and I loved it.rn
Every wish
Is like a prayer--with God.
Every wish
Is like a prayer--with God.
