Wh Davies Quotes

Now shall I walk or shall I ride? 'Ride,' Pleasure said; 'Walk,' Joy replied.

What is this life if, full of care, We have no time to stand and stare.

What is this life if, full of care, We have no time to stand and stare. No time to stand beneath the boughs And stare as long as sheep or cows. No time to see, when woods we pass, Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass. No time to see, in broad daylight, Streams full of stars, like skies at night. No time to turn at Beauty's glance, And watch her feet, how they can dance. No time to wait till her mouth can Enrich that smile her eyes began. A poor life this if, full of care, We have no time to stand and stare. - Leisure

What is this life if, full of care, We have no time to stand and stare. No time to stand beneath the boughs And stare as long as sheep or cows.

I had Ambition, by which sin The angels fell: I climbed and,step by step, O Lord, Ascended into Hell.

Cats – by day the most docile of God’s creatures, every one of them in the night enlisting under the devil’s banner – took the place by storm after the human voice had ceased.

No time to see, in broad daylight, Streams full of stars, like skies at night. No time to turn at Beauty's glance, And watch her feet, how they can dance. No time to wait till her mouth can Enrich that smile her eyes began.

The finest scarf or collar made To keep a woman warm By night or day or sea or land Is still a lover's arm.

After hearing an answer, I drew in the chloroform in long breaths, thinking to assist the doctors in their work. In spite of this, I have a faint recollection of struggling with all my might against its effects, previous to losing consciousness; but I was greatly surprised on being afterwards told that I had, when in that condition, used more foul language in ten minutes delirium than had probably been used in twenty four hours by the whole population of Canada.

What a pity this beautiful, green world should have become verminous with humanity.

As they went home, that little boy began; 'Love me and, when I'm a big sailor-man, I'll bring you home more coral, silk, and gold, Than twenty-five four-funnelled ships could hold,' 'And fifty coffins carried to their grave, Will not have half the lilies you shall have: Now say at once that you will be my love - And have a pearl ten stallions could not move.

What is this life if, full of care, We have no time to stand and stare. - Leisure

What is this life if, full of care, We have no time to stand and stare. - Leisure

Що за живот е това, ако под товар от грижи, не ни остава време да спрем и да видим кое живота движи... Да се обърнем при досег с красотата, да се вгледаме как в танц въртят й се краката...