Very nice couplet, although there are dull stretches.
It is the dim haze of mystery that adds enchantment to pursuit.
Extremes produce reaction. Beware that our boasted civilization does not lapse into barbarism.
Memory always obeys the commands of the heart.
It is easy for men to write and talk like philosophers, but to act with wisdom, there is the rub!
Brave men do not boast nor bluster. Deeds, not words, speak for such.