It is the glory and good of Art, That Art remains the one way possible Of speaking truth, to mouths like mine at least. 499
White shall not neutralize the black, nor good compensate bad in man, absolve him so: life’s business being just the terrible choice. 1.14K
Like dogs in a wheel, birds in a cage, or squirrels in a chain, ambitious men still climb and climb, with great labor, and incessant anxiety, but never reach the top. 983
Finds progress, man’s distinctive mark alone, Not God’s, and not the beast’s; God is, they are, Man partly is, and wholly hopes to be. 510
That’s the wise thrush; he sings each song twice over, lest you should think he never could recapture the first fine careless rapture! 469
