Lord of
Lord of
plato mean men
Nor at all can tell Whether I mean this day to end myself, Or lend an ear to Plato where he says, That men like soldiers may not quit the post Allotted by the Gods.
husband heart wife
The parting of a husband and wife is like the cleaving of a heart; one half will flutter here, one there.
ocean sea stones
Break, break, break, On thy cold gray stones, oh sea! And I would that my tongue could utter The thoughts that arise in me.
lasts firsts earth
A life of nothing's nothing worth, From that first nothing ere his birth, To that last nothing under earth.
roots tree branches
Those who depend on the merits of their ancestors may be said to search in the roots of the tree for those fruits which the branches ought to produce.
trust feelings trust-me
Trust me not at all, or all in all.
roaming limits world
Here at the quiet limit of the world.
lying
Nature, so far as in her lies, imitates God.
lying fighting may
That a lie which is all a lie may be met and fought with outright, But a lie which is part a truth is a harder matter to fight.
summer lying fall
The woods decay, the woods decay and fall, The vapours weep their burthen to the ground, Man comes and tills the field and lies beneath, And after many summer dies the swan. Me only cruel immortality Consumes: I wither slowly in thine arms, Here at the quiet limit of the world.
house soul ease
I built my soul a lordly pleasure-house, Wherein at ease for aye to dwell.
time jewels long
Jewels five-words-long, That on the stretch'd forefinger of all Time Sparkle forever.
nature men mind
Any man that walks the mead In bud, or blade, or bloom, may find, According as his humors lead, A meaning suited to his mind.
truth mind boundless
This truth within thy mind rehearse, That in a boundless universe Is boundless better, boundless worse.