Thomas Moore: Vain were the man, and false as vain, Who said, were he ordained to run His long career of life again He would do all th

Vain were the man, and false as vain, Who said, were he ordained to run His long — Thomas Moore

Vain were the man, and false as vain, Who said, were he ordained to run His long career of life again He would do all that he had done.

Thomas Moore

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