Consider that this day ne'er dawns again.

O foolish anxiety of wretched man, how inconclusive are the arguments which make thee beat thy wings below!

Midway upon the journey of our life

At the midpoint on the journey of life, I found myself in a dark forest, for the clear path was lost.

Mankind, why do ye set your hearts on things That, of necessity, may not be shared?

I was so full of sleep at the time that I left the true way.

They find seven cornices on which penitent and redeemed sinners are cleansed by the grace of God. On the first cornice, that of Pride, the proud are learning humility: Our Father, dwelling in the Heavens, nowise As circumscribed, but as the things above, Thy first effects, are dearer in Thine eyes, Hallowed Thy name be and the Power thereof, By every creature, as right meet it is We praise the tender effluence of Thy love. Let come to us, let come Thy kingdom's peace.