I lost a World - the other day!
Has Anybody found?
You'll know it by the Row of Stars
Around its forehead bound.
A Rich man—might not notice it—
Yet—to my frugal Eye,
Of more Esteem than Ducats—
Oh find it—Sir—for me!
I lost a World - the other day!
Has Anybody found?
You'll know it by the Row of Stars
Around its forehead bound.
A Rich man—might not notice it—
Yet—to my frugal Eye,
Of more Esteem than Ducats—
Oh find it—Sir—for me!
La vida es un hospital en el que cada enfermo está poseído por el deseo de cambiar de cama. Éste querría padecer junto a la estufa y aquél cree que se curaría frente a la ventana.
A mí me parece que estaría bien allí donde no estoy, y esa idea de mudanza es una de las que discuto sin cesar con mi alma.
«Dime, alma mía, pobre alma enfriada, ¿qué te parecería vivir en Lisboa? Allí...
“WHY, when the world’s great mind
Hath finally inclined,
Why,” you say, Critias, “be debating still?
Why, with these mournful rhymes
Learned in more languid climes,
Blame our activity
Who, with such passionate will,
Are what we mean to be?”
Critias, long since, I know
(For Fate decreed...