How Many Paltry Foolish Painted Things How many paltry foolish painted things, That now in coaches trouble every street, Shall be forgotten, whom no poet sings, Ere they be well wrapped in their winding-sheet! continue reading
How Steep The Brave! (by: Walter de la Mare) Nay, nay, sweet England, do not grieve! Not one of these poor men who died But did within his soul believe That death for thee was glorified continue reading
Hyla Brook (by: Robert Frost (1875 - 1963)) By June our brook's run out of song and speed. Sought for much after that, it will be found... continue reading
Hymn Of Man, The (by: Kahlil Gibran (1883 - 1931)) I have cleft the vast spaces of the infinite, and taken flight in the world of fantasy, and drawn nigh to the circle of light on high. Yet behold me a captive of matter. continue reading
I Envy Not In Any Moods (by: Lord Alfred Tennyson (1809 - 1892)) I envy not in any moods The captive void of noble rage, The linnet born within the cage, That never knew the summer woods. continue reading
Ideals (by: Helen Steiner Rice) Remember that ideals are like stars up in the sky, You can never really reach them, hanging in the heavens high ... continue reading
If (by: Rudyard Kipling (1865 - 1936)) If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, Or being lied about, don't deal in lies... continue reading
Island Of Skyros, The (by: John Masefield) Here, where we stood together, we three men, Before the war had swept us to the East Three thousand miles away, I stand again And hear the bells, and breathe, and go to feast. continue reading
It Takes Courage (by: Unknown) It takes courage To refrain from gossip When others delight in it, To stand up for the absent person Who is being abused. continue reading