As sunbeams stream through liberal space And nothing jostle or displace, So waved the pine-tree through my thought And fanned the dreams it never brought.
These walls were built by men who did a deed Of blood: terrific conscience, day by day, Followed, where'er their shadow seemed to stay, And still in thought they saw their victim bleed,...
Here in a little rustic hermitage Alfred the Saxon King, Alfred the Great, Postponed the cares of king-craft to translate The Consolations of the Roman sage. Here Geoffrey Chaucer in his ripe old age...
I saw Bear shopping with Santa Claus at the North of 7 Plaza only he wasn't wearing a bib - only a cotton-wool imitation synthetic polystyrene white fluffy instead.
O roads, O paths, O ways that lead Through woods where all the oak-trees bleed With autumn! and the frosty reds Of fallen leaves make whispering beds For winds to toss and turn upon,...
Faint amorist, what, dost thou think To taste Love's honey, and not drink One dram of gall? or to devour A world of sweet, and taste no sour? Dost thou ever think to enter...
O! MARY, when the zun went down, Woone night in spring, w' viry rim, Behind the nap wi' woody crown, An' left your smilen face so dim; Your little sister there, inside, Wi' bellows on her little knee,...
I had this thought a while ago, "My darling cannot understand What I have done, or what would do In this blind bitter land." And I grew weary of the sun Until my thoughts cleared up again,...
Words are great forces in the realm of life: Be careful of their use. Who talks of hate, Of poverty, of sickness, but sets rife These very elements to mar his fate. ...
I cannot tell what I would tell thee, What I would say, what thou shouldst hear: Words of the soul that should compell thee, Words of the heart to draw thee near. ...
He lets me listen, when he moves me, Words are not like other words He takes me, from under my arms He plants me, in a distant cloud And the black rain in my eyes Falls in torrents, torrents...
Is it not brave to be a king, Techelles! - Usumcasane and Theridamas, Is it not passing brave to be a king, And ride in triumph through Persepolis? - MARLOWE.
When violets were springing And sunshine filled the day, And happy birds were singing The praises of the May, A word came to me, blighting The beauty of the scene, And in my heart was winter,...
He said as he sat in her theatre box Between the acts, "What beastly weather! How like a parrot the lover talks - And the lady is tame, and the villain stalks - I hope they finally die together." ...
Bring me to the blasted oak That I, midnight upon the stroke, i(All find safety in the tomb.) May call down curses on his head Because of my dear Jack that's dead....
I woke at midnight, and my heart, My beating heart, said this to me: Thou seest the moon, how calm and bright! The world is fair by day and night, But what is that to thee?...