Maxioms by Robert Southey
And so never ending,
But always descending.
And so never ending,
But always descending.
All deception in the course of life is indeed nothing else but a lie reduced to practice, and falsehood passing read more
All deception in the course of life is indeed nothing else but a lie reduced to practice, and falsehood passing from words into things.
No distance of place or lapse of time can lessen the friendship of those who are thoroughly persuaded of each read more
No distance of place or lapse of time can lessen the friendship of those who are thoroughly persuaded of each other's worth.
And as, when all the summer trees are seen
So bright and green,
The Holly leaves a read more
And as, when all the summer trees are seen
So bright and green,
The Holly leaves a sober hue display
Less bright than they,
But when the bare and wintry woods we see,
What then so cheerful as the Holly-tree?
