I do not look with favor on the collecting of first editions and

I do not look with favor on the collecting of first editions and autographs, but it is a vice which is sometimes found in otherwise virtuous persons.

Malt does more than Milton can, To justify God’s ways to man.

Malt does more than Milton can, To justify God’s ways to man.

That is the land of lost content, I see it shining plain, The hap

That is the land of lost content, I see it shining plain, The happy highways where I went And cannot come again.

The laws of God, the laws of man He may keep that will and can; N

The laws of God, the laws of man He may keep that will and can; Not I: let God and man decree Laws for themselves and not for me.

I, a stranger and afraid In a world I never made.

I, a stranger and afraid In a world I never made.

Who made the world I cannot tell; ‘Tis made, and here am I

Who made the world I cannot tell; ‘Tis made, and here am I in hell. My hand, though now my knuckles bleed, I never soiled with such a deed.

And malt does more than Milton can To justify God’s ways to

And malt does more than Milton can To justify God’s ways to man.

In every American there is an air of incorrigible innocence,

In every American there is an air of incorrigible innocence, which seems to conceal a diabolical cunning.