Lord of
Lord of
experience teach folly
And others' follies teach us not, Nor much their wisdom teaches, And most, of sterling worth, is what Our own experience preaches.
travel observation
Let observation with extended observation observe extensively.
league valleys half
Half a league, half a league, Half a league onward, All in the valley of Death Rode the six hundred.
fate men masters
Man is man, and master of his fate.
profit humans knows
I know transplanted human worth will bloom to profit otherwhere.
women hard
The woman is so hard Upon the woman.
ferns valleys sparkle
I come from haunts of coot and hern, I make a sudden sally And sparkle out among the fern, To bicker down a valley.
priests delicate heard
I heard no longer The snowy-banded, dilettante, Delicate-handed priest intone.
success unattainable
Attain the unattainable.
night sound wool
Dead sounds at night come from the inmost hills. Like footsteps upon wool.
sorrow despair unrest
Can calm despair and wild unrest Be tenants of a single breast, Or sorrow such a changeling be?
nature flower hours
If Nature put not forth her power About the opening of the flower, Who is it that could live an hour?
moon different cocoons
For every worm beneath the moon Draws different threads, and late and soon Spins, toiling out his own cocoon.
fate issues veils
All precious things, discover'd late, To those that seek them issue forth, For love in sequel works with fate, And draws the veil from hidden worth.