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What is now an act of reason, was but blind impulse.
What is now an act of reason, was but blind impulse.
Facts are stubborn things.
Facts are stubborn things.
How fallen, how changed
From him, who, in the happy realms of light,
Clothed with transcendent brightness, read more
How fallen, how changed
From him, who, in the happy realms of light,
Clothed with transcendent brightness, didst outshine
Myriads, though bright.
The web of life is of mingled yarn, good and ill together.
The web of life is of mingled yarn, good and ill together.
Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,
Old time is still a-flying;
And this same flower that smiles read more
Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,
Old time is still a-flying;
And this same flower that smiles to-day,
To-morrow may be dying.
What you keep by you, you may change and mend;
But words once spoke can never be recall'd.
What you keep by you, you may change and mend;
But words once spoke can never be recall'd.
Then let me quaff the foamy tide,
And through the dance meandering glide.
Then let me quaff the foamy tide,
And through the dance meandering glide.
Idleness induces caprice.
Idleness induces caprice.
