The Young May Die, But The Old

Men Of Genius Are Often Dull And Inert In Society; As The Blazing Meteor, When It Descends To Earth, Is Only A Stone.

Ripe In Wisdom Was He, But Patient, And Simple, And Childlike.

The Emigrant's Way O'er The Western Desert Is Mark'd By Camp-fires Long Consum'd And Bones That Bleach In The Sunshine.

Simplicity In Character, In Manners, In Style; In All Things The Supreme Excellence Is Simplicity.

Being All Fashioned Of The Self-same Dust, Let Us Be Merciful As Well As Just