Time has touched me gently in his race,/ And left no odious furrows in my face. |
To show the world what long experience gains, requires not courage, though it calls for pains; but at life's outset to inform mankind is a bold effort of a valiant mind. |
To sigh, yet not recede; to grieve, yet not repent. |
To the house of a friend if you're pleased to retire, You must all things admit, you must all things admire; You must pay with observance the price of your treat, You must eat what is praised, and must praise what you eat |
Virtues neglected then, adored become, And graces slighted, blossom on the tomb. |
What is a church? - Our honest sexton tells, / 'Tis a tall building, with a tower and bells. |
What is a church? - Our honest sexton tells, / 'Tis a tall building, with a tower and bells. |
When the coarse cloth she saw, with many a stain, / Soiled by rude hands, who cut and came again. |
With eye upraised his master's looks to scan, The joy, the solace, and the aid of man; The rich man's guardian, and the poor man's friend, The only creature faithful to the end |