To Ask The Hard Question Is Simple.

No Good Opera Plot Can Be Sensible, For People Do Not Sing When They Are Feeling Sensible.

In Life The Loser's Score Is Always Zero.

Weep For The Lives Your Wishes Never Led.

O Plunge Your Hands In Water, Plunge Them In Up To The Wrist; Stare, Stare In The Basin And Wonder What You've Missed.

Acts Of Injustice Done Between The Setting And The Rising Sun In History Lie Like Bones, Each One.