REGRET 1909
Now that the Summer time has came, and Winter dark has went,We’ll stay indoors from nine to five, do penance and repent,That we so rashly took the veil and swore to serve the King,When we could have broken stones or done some other easy thing;We could have braved the briny, strange countries to explore,Or Christianized the Heathen without suffering any moreThan we do here in our strict cage, pent up by rule and rote,To eat the bread of routine, like any ass or goat.What tho’ we truly strug and strive, to promptly do the task we’re given,We have to sign the book at five, so might as well have never striven.
Now that the Summer time has came, and Winter dark has went,We’ll stay indoors from nine to five, do penance and repent,That we so rashly took the veil and swore to serve the King,When we could have broken stones or done some other easy thing;We could have braved the briny, strange countries to explore,Or Christianized the Heathen without suffering any moreThan we do here in our strict cage, pent up by rule and rote,To eat the bread of routine, like any ass or goat.What tho’ we truly strug and strive, to promptly do the task we’re given,We have to sign the book at five, so might as well have never striven.
Now that the Summer time has came, and Winter dark has went,We’ll stay indoors from nine to five, do penance and repent,That we so rashly took the veil and swore to serve the King,When we could have broken stones or done some other easy thing;We could have braved the briny, strange countries to explore,Or Christianized the Heathen without suffering any moreThan we do here in our strict cage, pent up by rule and rote,To eat the bread of routine, like any ass or goat.What tho’ we truly strug and strive, to promptly do the task we’re given,We have to sign the book at five, so might as well have never striven.
Now that the Summer time has came, and Winter dark has went,
We’ll stay indoors from nine to five, do penance and repent,
That we so rashly took the veil and swore to serve the King,
When we could have broken stones or done some other easy thing;
We could have braved the briny, strange countries to explore,
Or Christianized the Heathen without suffering any more
Than we do here in our strict cage, pent up by rule and rote,
To eat the bread of routine, like any ass or goat.
What tho’ we truly strug and strive, to promptly do the task we’re given,
We have to sign the book at five, so might as well have never striven.
The Wise cultivate the power of adaptation, the fool standeth against circumstances and is carried away.