VALMOND CAME TO PONTIAC, by G. Parker, v3 [GP#31][gp31w10.txt]6104 Vanity is the bane of mankind You cannot live long enough to atone for that impertinence VALMOND TO PONTIAC, by Parker, Complete [GP#32][gp32w10.txt]6105 Conquest not important enough to satisfy ambition Face flushed with a sort of pleasurable defiance Her sight was bounded by the little field where she strayed I was never good at catechism The blind tyranny of the just Touch of the fantastic, of the barbaric, in all genius Vanity is the bane of mankind Visions of the artistic temperament--delight and curse We are only children till we begin to make our dreams our life You cannot live long enough to atone for that impertinence THE TRAIL OF THE SWORD, by G. Parker, v1 [GP#33][gp33w10.txt]6106 Love, too, is a game, and needs playing To die without whining THE TRAIL OF THE SWORD, by G. Parker, v2 [GP#34][gp34w10.txt]6107 Often called an invention of the devil (Violin) THE TRAIL OF THE SWORD, by G. Parker, v3 [GP#35][gp35w10.txt]6108 Aboriginal in all of us, who must have a sign for an emotion Learned, as we all must learn, that we live our dark hour alone TRAIL OF THE SWORD, by Parker, Complete [GP#37][gp37w10.txt]6110 Aboriginal in all of us, who must have a sign for an emotion Learned, as we all must learn, that we live our dark hour alone Love, too, is a game, and needs playing Often called an invention of the devil (Violin) To die without whining TRANSLATION OF A SAVAGE, by G. Parker, v1 [GP#38][gp38w10.txt]6111 Being young, she exaggerated the importance of the event His duties were many, or he made them so Men must have their bad hours alone Most important lessons of life--never to quarrel with a woman Sympathy and consolation might be much misplaced These little pieces of art make life possible Think of our position Who never knew self-consciousness You never can make a scandal less by trying to hide it TRANSLATION OF A SAVAGE, by G. Parker, v2 [GP#39][gp39w10.txt]6112 If fumbling human fingers do not meddle with it Miseries of this world are caused by forcing issues Reading a lot and forgetting everything The world never welcomes its deserters There is no influence like the influence of habit There should be written the one word, "Wait" Training in the charms of superficiality We grow away from people against our will We speak with the straight tongue; it is cowards who lie TRANSLATION OF A SAVAGE, by G. Parker, v3 [GP#40][gp40w10.txt]6113