It surely is far sweeter and more wise
To water love, than toil to leave anon
A name whose glory-gleam will but advise
minds to quench it with their own,
And over which the kindliest will but stay
A moment, musing, "He, too, had his day!
To water love, than toil to leave anon
A name whose glory-gleam will but advise
minds to quench it with their own,
And over which the kindliest will but stay
A moment, musing, "He, too, had his day!
Thomas Hardy - Poems of the Past and Present
