I Taught Myself To Live Simply (by: Anna Akhmatova) I taught myself to live simply and wisely, to look at the sky and pray to God, and to wander long before evening to tire my superfluous worries. continue reading
In Hardwood Groves (by: Robert Frost (1875 - 1963)) Before the leaves can mount again To fill the trees with another shade, They must go down past things coming up. They must go down into the dark decayed. continue reading
In Tempore Senectutis (by: Ernest Dowson (1867-1900)) When I am old, And sadly steal apart, Into the dark and cold, Friend of my heart! continue reading
In The Downhill Of Life (by: William Collins (1721 - 1759)) In the downhill of life, when I find I'm declining, May my lot no less fortunate be Than a snug elbow-chair can afford for reclining, And a cot that o'erlooks the wide sea; continue reading
In The Long Run (by: Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850 - 1919)) If we could dwell there, ever more alone, While unrecorded years slip by apace, Forgetting and forgotten and unknown By aught save native song-birds of the place... continue reading
Irony (by: Amy Lowell (1874 - 1925)) The moon-pursuing sea, to come again. Their hearts are blown away on the hot breeze. Only the shells and stones can wait to be Washed bright. continue reading
Jabberwocky (by: Lewis Caroll (1832 - 1898)) 'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe. continue reading
