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| | | A Ballad Of Gentleness (by: Geoffrey Chaucer (1343-1400)) | À Bas Ben Adhem (by: Ogden Nash (1902 - 1971))
My fellow man I do not care for.
I often ask me, What's he there for?
The only answer I can find
Is, Reproduction of his kind.
continue reading | A Day-Dream's Reflection (by: William Allingham (1824-1889))
Chequer'd with woven shadows as I lay
Among the grass, blinking the watery gleam,
I saw an Echo-Spirit in his bay
Most idly floating in the noontide beam.
continue reading | A Seed (by: William Allingham (1824-1889))
See how a Seed, which Autumn flung down,
And through the Winter neglected lay,
Uncoils two little green leaves and two brown,
With tiny root taking hold on the clay
continue reading | A Serenade (by: Sir W. Scott)
Ah! County Guy, the hour is nigh,
The sun has left the lea;
The orange-flower perfumes the bower;
The breeze is on the sea;
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A Singer (by: William Allingham (1824-1889))
That which he did not feel, he would not sing;
What most he felt, religion it was to hide
In a dumb darkling grotto, where the spring
continue reading | After Sunset (by: William Allingham (1824-1889))
The vast and solemn company of clouds
Around the Sun's death, lit, incarnadined,
Cool into ashy wan; as Night enshrouds
The level pasture, creeping up behind
continue reading | After-Thought (by: Lord Alfred Tennyson (1809 - 1892))
I thought of Thee, my partner and my guide,
As being past away. -Vain sympathies!
continue reading | Against Women Unconstant (by: Geoffrey Chaucer (1343-1400))
Madame, for youre newefangelnesse,
Many a servant have ye put out of grace.
I take my leve of your unstedefastnesse,
For wel I woot, whil ye have lives space,
continue reading | Ah! Sunflower (by: William Blake (1757 - 1827))
Ah Sun-flower! weary of time,
Who countest the steps of the Sun...
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