Arthur Hugh Clough Quotes on Morality
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Come back again, old heart! Ah me! Methinks in those thy coward fears There might, perchance, a courage be, That fails in these the manlier years; Courage to let the courage sink, Itself a coward base to think, Rather than not for heavenly light Wait on to show the truly right.
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'There is no God,' the wicked saith, 'And truly it's a blessing, For what He might have done with us It's better only guessing.'
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Honour thy parents; that is, all From whom advancement may befall: Thou shalt not kill; but need'st not strive Officiously to keep alive.