Maxioms by James Russell Lowell
No price is set on the lavish summer;
June may be had by the poorest comer.
No price is set on the lavish summer;
June may be had by the poorest comer.
A crime in which many are implicated goes unpunished.
A crime in which many are implicated goes unpunished.
The misfortunes hardest to bear are these which never came.
The misfortunes hardest to bear are these which never came.
And but two ways are offered to our will,
Toil with rare triumph, ease with safe disgrace,
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And but two ways are offered to our will,
Toil with rare triumph, ease with safe disgrace,
The problem still for us and all of human race.
Joy comes, grief goes, we know not how.
Joy comes, grief goes, we know not how.