I ask and wish not to appear
More beauteous, rich or gay:
Lord, make me wiser every year,
And better every day.


The Life, Letters and Writings of Charles Lamb (ed. 1876)

Charles Lamb Quotes

I ask and wish not to appear More beauteous, rich or gay: Lord, make me wiser every year, And better every day.

I ask and wish not to appear More beauteous, rich or gay: Lord, make me wiser every year, And better every day.

I ask and wish not to appear More beauteous, rich or gay: Lord, make me wiser every year, And better every day.

I ask and wish not to appear More beauteous, rich or gay: Lord, make me wiser every year, And better every day.