Man is in part divine, A troubled stream from a pure source.
Bologna is celebrated for producing popes, painters, and sausage.
I am about to be married, and am of course in all the misery of a man in pursuit of happiness.
And what is writ is writ - / Would it were worthier!
The world is a bundle of hay, Mankind are the asses that pull, Each tugs in a different way And the greatest of all is John Bull!
All human history attests That happiness for man, - the hungry sinner! - Since Eve ate apples, much depends on dinner. ~Lord Byron, Don Juan, Canto XIII, stanza 99