“Old age doth in sharp pains abound; We are belabored by the gout, Our blindness is a dark profound, Our deafness each one laughs about. Then reason's light with falling ray Doth but a trembling flicker cast. Honor to age, ye children pay! Alas! my fifty years are past!” YearsChildrenReasonLightAgePainPastFallDarkPayLaughingHonorProfoundCastsOld AgeFiftyRaysBlindnessAlasTremblingFlickerDeafnessGout Author:Pierre-Jean de Beranger
“Alas! fond child, How are thy thoughts beguil'd To hope for honey from a nest of wasps? Thou may'st as well Go seek for ease in hell, Or sprightly nectar from the mouths of asps. The world's a hive, From whence thou canst derive No good, but what thy soul's vexation brings: But case thou meet Some petty-petty sweet, Each drop is guarded with a thousand stings.” WorldWellsMayChildrenSoulCasesHellSweetThousandMouthsEaseHoneyAlasPettyNestsGuardedHivesNectarVexationWasps Book:Emblems divine and moral Source: Emblems divine and moral
“And where, on earth, dwell hope and truth? In childhood's uncorrupted heart; Alas! too soon to guileless youth The world doth its dark code impart!” WorldHeartChildrenEarthDarkChildhoodYouthCodeAlasImpart Author:Luc de Clapiers