A Last Word (by: Ernest Dowson (1867-1900)) Let us go hence: the night is now at hand; The day is overworn, the birds all flown; And we have reaped the crops the gods have sown; continue reading
A Mother's Dedication (by: Margaret Peterson) Dear son of mine, the baby days are over, I can no longer shield you from the earth; Yet in my heart always I must remember How through the dark I fought to give you birth. continue reading
A Thought On Death (by: Anna Lætitia Barbauld (1743-1825)) When life as opening buds is sweet, And golden hopes the fancy greet, And Youth prepares his joys to meet,-- Alas! how hard it is to die! continue reading
An Astrologer Song (by: Rudyard Kipling (1865 - 1936)) To the Heavens above us O look and behold The Planets that love us All harnessed in gold! What chariots, what horses Against us shall bide While the Stars in their courses Do fight on our side? continue reading
Animaldom (by: Lisa G. Leming) God bless the beasts and everything in His furred and feathery animaldom continue reading
Before Action (by: William Noel Hodgson) By all the glories of the day, And the cool evening’s benison: By the last sunset touch that lay Upon the hills when day was done: continue reading
Black Pearl (by: Lisa G. Leming) This pearl is precious unto me Though it be black as it can be continue reading
