8 quotes found
“Who made the world I cannot tell;'Tis made, and here I am in hell.”
“Life, to be sure, is nothing much to lose,But young men think it is, and we were young.”
“Stone, steel, dominions pass,Faith too, no wonder;So leave alone the grassThat I am under.”
“All knots that lovers tieAre tied to sever.Here shall your sweetheart lie,Untrue for ever.”
“June suns, you cannot store themTo warm the winter's cold,The lad that hopes for heavenShall fill his mouth with mould.”
“To stand up straight and tread the turning mill,To lie flat and know nothing and be still,Are the two trades of man; and which is worseI know not, but I know that both are ill.”
“To-day I shall be strong,No more shall yield to wrong,Shall squander life no more;Days lost, I know not how,I shall retrieve them now;Now I shall keep the vowI never kept before.”
“The thoughts of othersWere light and fleeting,Of lovers' meetingOr luck or fame.Mine were of trouble,And mine were steady;So I was readyWhen trouble came.”
