Lord of
Lord of
men ignorant exciting
The saddest thing about any man is that he be ignorant, and the most exciting thing is that he knows.
close duty god himself moon shining
The toppling crags of Duty scaled/ Are close upon the shining table-lands/ To which our God Himself is moon and sun.
again fight hath lord shall spared strike
We have children, we have wives,/ And the Lord hath spared our lives./ We will make the Spaniard promise, if we yield, to let us go;/ We shall live to fight again and to strike another blow.
aficionado batman book comic definitely
I wasn't as big a comic book aficionado as some of my friends, but I definitely had some Batman comics.
angel character divine false ideal looking loves man natures rubbish unreal
Who loves not a false imagining, an unreal character in us; but looking through all the rubbish of our imperfections, loves in us the divine ideal of our natures - not the man that we are, but the angel that we may be.
careless gods hills lie
Live and lie reclined/ On the hills like Gods together, careless of mankind.
blossom wind
I wind about, and in and out,/ With here a blossom sailing,/ And here and there a lusty trout,/ And here and there a grayling.
rear savage shall
I will take some savage woman, she shall rear my savage race.
loyal manners nature noble
Manners are not idle, but the fruit. Of loyal nature and of noble mind.
He makes no friends who never made a foe.
limit quiet roaming shadow spaces
Here at the quiet limit of the world,/ A white-haired shadow roaming like a dream/ The ever-silent spaces of the East.
fell tears
Her tears fell with the dews at even;/ Her tears fell ere the dews were dried.
dreadful lips onward portions taken time
Time driveth onward fast,/ And in a little while our lips are dumb./ Let us alone. What is it that will last?/ All things are taken from us, and become/ Portions and parcels of the dreadful Past.
fury maniac
Time, a maniac scattering dust,/ And Life, a Fury slinging flame.