“Poets may boast (as safely-vain) Their work shall with the world remain: Both bound together, live, or die, The verses and the prophecy. But who can hope his lines shou'd long Last, in a daily changing tongue? While they are new, envy prevails, And as that dies, our language fails.” WorldMayLongTogetherLastsDiesLanguageLinesFailingPoetBoundsTongueEnvyVainVersesProphecyBoast Author:Edmund Waller
“He who has waited long enough, will wait forever. And there comes the hour when nothing more can happen and nobody more can come and all is ended but the waiting that knows itself in vain.” KnowsLongEnoughHappensWaitingHoursForeverVain Book:Molloy Source: Molloy
“And long we try in vain to speak and act Our hidden self, and what we say and do Is eloquent, is well -- but 'tis not true!” TryingWellsLongSelfSpeakVainEloquent Book:Delphi Complete Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold (Illustrated)