Concord Hymne (by: Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)) By the rude bridge that arched the flood, Their flag to April's breeze unfurled, Here once the embattled farmers stood, And fired the shot heard round the world. continue reading
De Profundis (by: Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894)) Oh why is heaven built so far, Oh why is earth set so remote? I cannot reach the nearest star That hangs afloat. continue reading
Devotion (by: Robert Frost (1875 - 1963)) The heart can think of no devotion Greater than being shore to the ocean... continue reading
Endymion (by: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882)) The rising moon has hid the stars; Her level rays, like golden bars, Lie on the landscape green, With shadows brown between. continue reading
Fall Day (by: Rainer Maria Rilke) Lord, it is time. This was a very big summer. Lay your shadows over the sundial, and let the winds loose on the fields. continue reading
Fear Of The Inexplicable (by: Rainer Maria Rilke) But fear of the inexplicable has not alone impoverished the existence of the individual; the relationship between one human being and another has also been cramped by it... continue reading
Flowers (by: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882)) Spake full well, in language quaint and olden, One who dwelleth by the castled Rhine, When he called the flowers, so blue and golden, Stars, that in earth's firmament do shine. continue reading
