Lord of
Lord of
life iron tears
Life is not as idle ore, But iron dug from central gloom, And heated hot with burning fears, And dipt in baths of hissing tears, And batter'd with the shocks of doom, To shape and use.
love faults earth
To me He is all fault who hath no fault at all: For who loves me must have a touch of earth.
flower learning weight
Wearing all that weight Of learning lightly like a flower.
doubt sides anticipation
Cleave ever to the sunnier side of doubt.
mom mother blessed
Every man, for the sake of the great blessed Mother in Heaven, and for the love of his own little mother on earth, should handle all womankind gently, and hold them in all Honor.
funny women heaven
Men at most differ as Heaven and Earth, but women, worst and best, as Heaven and Hell.
music cities piano
The city is built To music, therefore never built at all, And therefore built forever.
death grieving memorial
God's finger touched him, and he slept.
reason-why reason dies
Ours not to reason why, ours but to do and die.
world too-late late
Tis not too late to seek a newer world.
smile home
A smile abroad is often a scowl at home.
smart vow snaps
The vow that binds too strictly snaps itself.
love lying darkness
He that shuts love out, in turn shall be Shut out from love, and on her threshold lie, Howling in outer darkness.
life drink
I cannot rest from travel; I will drink Life to the lees.