 The light, that lies In woman's eyes, Has been my heart's undoing. |
| 'Tis the last rose of summer Left blooming alone; All her lovely companions Are faded and gone. |
| There are several sorts of religions, not only in different parts of the island, but even in every town; some worshipping the sun, others the moon or one of the planets. |
| Ask a woman's advice, and whatever she advises, Do the very reverse and you're sure to be wise. |
| The ordinary acts we practice every day at home are of more importance to the soul than their simplicity might suggest. |
| Oh! blame not the bard. |
| The channel is known only to the natives; so that if any stranger should enter into the bay without one of their pilots he would run great danger of shipwreck. |
| Those among them that have not received our religion do not fright any from it, and use none ill that goes over to it, so that all the while I was there one man was only punished on this occasion. |
| He travels best that knows when to return. |
| I would uphold the law if for no other reason but to protect myself. |
| Disguise our bondage as we will, 'Tis woman, woman, rules us still. |
| Fond memory brings the light of other days around me. |
| And, indeed, though they differ concerning other things, yet all agree in this: that they think there is one Supreme Being that made and governs the world, whom they call, in the language of their country, Mithras. |
