“Death will be so quick to swoop on you; Gather merit till that moment comes! Wait till then to banish laziness? Then there'll be no time, what will you do? "This I have not done. And this I'm only starting. And this - I'm only halfway through ..." Then is the sudden coming of the Lord of Death, And oh, the thought 'Alas, I'm finished.'” DoneMomentsWaitingLordStartingFinishedMeritThat MomentLazinessProcrastinationAlasHalfway Author:Shantideva
“Alas! to seize the moment When the heart inclines to heart, And press a suit with passion, Is not a woman's part. If man come not to gather The roses where they stand, They fade among their foliage, They cannot seek his hand.” IfsMenHeartMomentsHandsPassionPressesRoseSuitsFadesAlasInclineWooingFoliageSeize The Moment Author:William C. Bryant
“Alas, it is just a single image - an extended moment perhaps. Unlike a biography, a portrait cannot present the many differing moments that make up a personality.” MomentsPersonalityPortraitsBiographiesAlasPortraiture Author:Burton Silverman
“When I thinkof my own native land, In a moment I seem to be there; But alas! recollection at hand Soon hurries me back to despair.” MomentsHandsSeemsMy OwnLandDespairNativeAlasRecollectionNative Land Author:William Cowper