Lord of
Lord of
time epic doctors
A classic lecture, rich in sentiment, With scraps of thundrous Epic lilted out By violet-hooded Doctors, elegies And quoted odes, and jewels five-words-long, That on the stretched forefinger of all Time Sparkle for ever.
better-now ifs
That which we are, we are, and if we are ever to be any better, now is the time to begin.
swans hymns joy
The wild swan's death-hymn took the soul Of that waste place with joy Hidden in sorrow: at first to the ear The warble was low, and full and clear.
golden-years years golden
Happy days roll onward leading up to golden years.
swans ruffles cold
Some full-breasted swan That, fluting a wild carol ere her death, Ruffles her pure cold plume, and takes the flood With swarthy webs.
quiet hills calmness
The noonday quiet holds the hill.
women men
Woman is the lesser man.
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.
knows
Our wills are ours, we know not how; Our wills are ours, to make them thine.
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.