May 13, 2017

SHOES

I think I’d rather be a shoe
and find another shoe to woo.
The reason should be clear enough:
although like people shoes will scuff
it’s very seldom that I see
a single shoe that's lonely. 
And how can man die better
Than facing fearful odds,
For the ashes of his fathers,
And the temples of his gods?

- The Lays of Ancient Rome

✤ ✤ ✤ ✤ ✤

I hold it true, whate'er befall;
I feel it, when I sorrow most;
'Tis better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved at all.

- Lord Alfred Tennyson, In Memoriam