The sense of the world is short, -- Long and various the report, -- To love and be beloved; Men and gods have not outlearned it; And, how oft soe'er they've turned it, 'Tis not to be improved. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE FRIEND OF HUMANITY AND THE KNIFE-GRINDER by GEORGE CANNING SONNET: TO J.M.K. by ALFRED TENNYSON FINDING CYNTHIA IN PAIN, AND CRYING; A SONNET by PHILIP AYRES SUNSET ACROSS THE LAKE by AUGUSTA M. BARNEY TO HIS DEAR FRIEND THOMAS RANDOLPH, ON HIS COMEDY 'THE JEALOUS LOVERS' by RICHARD BENEFIELD THE WEDDING FEAST: 5 by ANNA HEMPSTEAD BRANCH |