Hope lies to mortals And most believe her, But man's deceiver Was never mine.

Good night; ensured release, Imperishable peace, Have these for yours. * While sky and sea and land And earth's foundations stand And heaven endures. *These three lines are on the tablet over Housman's grave in the parish church at Ludlow, Shropshire, England

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.

We now to peace and darkness And earth and thee restore Thy creature that thou madest And wilt cast forth no more.

Give crowns and pounds and guineas But not your heart away; Give pearls away and rubies, But keep your fancy free.

White in the moon the long road lies.

The average man, if he meddles with criticism at all, is a conservative critic.