Maxioms by Lord Alfred Tennyson
While I plan, and plan, my hair
Is gray before I know it.
While I plan, and plan, my hair
Is gray before I know it.
Flattery brings friends, but the truth begets enmity.
Flattery brings friends, but the truth begets enmity.
And a million horrible bellowing echoes broke
From the red-ribb'd hollow behind the wood,
And thunder'd up read more
And a million horrible bellowing echoes broke
From the red-ribb'd hollow behind the wood,
And thunder'd up into Heaven.
So runs the round of life from hour to hour.
So runs the round of life from hour to hour.
But over all things brooding slept
The quiet sense of something lost.
But over all things brooding slept
The quiet sense of something lost.
