TRIFLES
The massive gates of Circumstance
Are turned upon the smallest hinge,
And thus some seeming pettiest chance
Oft gives our life its after-tinge.
The trifles of our daily lives,
The common things scarce worth recall,
Whereof no visible trace survives,
These are the mainstrings, after all.
The massive gates of Circumstance
Are turned upon the smallest hinge,
And thus some seeming pettiest chance
Oft gives our life its after-tinge.
The trifles of our daily lives,
The common things scarce worth recall,
Whereof no visible trace survives,
These are the mainstrings, after all.