What's done can't be undone.
[Fr., Ce qui est faicr ne se peult desfaire.]

What's done can't be undone.
[Fr., Ce qui est faicr ne se peult desfaire.]

Yestreen, when to the trembling string
The dance gaed thro' the lighted ha',
To thee my fancy read more

Yestreen, when to the trembling string
The dance gaed thro' the lighted ha',
To thee my fancy took its wing;
I sat, but neither heard nor saw.

There are games in which it is better to lose than win.

There are games in which it is better to lose than win.

Riches are first to be sought for; after wealth, virtue.

Riches are first to be sought for; after wealth, virtue.

They are raised on high that their fall may be the greater.

They are raised on high that their fall may be the greater.

He who asks with timidity invites a refusal.

He who asks with timidity invites a refusal.

Breathes there the man with soul so dead,
Who never to himself hath said,
This is my read more

Breathes there the man with soul so dead,
Who never to himself hath said,
This is my own, my native land!
Whose heart hath ne'er within him burn'd,
As home his footsteps he hath turn'd,
From wandering on a foreign strand!

It is engendered in the eyes;
By gazing fed; and fancy dies
In the cradle where it read more

It is engendered in the eyes;
By gazing fed; and fancy dies
In the cradle where it lies.

Providence is better then a rent.

Providence is better then a rent.