Say not the struggle nought availeth,
The labour and the wounds are vain,
The enemy faints not, nor faileth,
And as things have been they remain.
Arthur Hugh Clough
Thou shalt not kill; but need’st not strive
Officiously to keep alive.
Arthur Hugh Clough
Do not adultery commit;
Advantage rarely comes of it:
Arthur Hugh Clough
As I sat at the cafe, I said to myself,
They may talk as they please about what they call pelf,
They may sneer as they like about eating and drinking,
But help it I cannot, I cannot help thinking
How pleasant it is to have money, heigh ho!
How pleasant it is to have money.
Arthur Hugh Clough