I Am Ashes Where Once I Was

In Commitment, We Dash The Hopes Of A Thousand Potential Selves.

When Falls The Coliseum, Rome Shall Fall; And When Rome Falls--the World.

A Woman Should Never Be Seen Eating Or Drinking, Unless It Be Lobster Salad And Champagne, The Only True Feminine And Becoming Viands.

Egeria! Sweet Creation Of Some Heart Which Found No Mortal Resting-place So Fair As Thine Ideal Breast.

Tis Not On Youth's Smooth Cheek The Blush Alone, Which Fades So Fast, But The Tender Bloom Of Heart Is Gone, Ere Youth Itself Be Past.