Maxioms by Lord Alfred Tennyson
Better not to be at all
Than not to be noble.
Better not to be at all
Than not to be noble.
And there they placed a peacock in his pride,
Before the damsel.
And there they placed a peacock in his pride,
Before the damsel.
We keep the day. With festal cheer,
With books and music, surely we
Will drink to him, read more
We keep the day. With festal cheer,
With books and music, surely we
Will drink to him, whate'er he be,
And sing the songs he loved to hear.
When rosy plumelets tuft the larch,
And rarely pipes the mounted thrush.
When rosy plumelets tuft the larch,
And rarely pipes the mounted thrush.
I know not which way to turn. [I am in a quandary.]
I know not which way to turn. [I am in a quandary.]
