Quip, The (by: George Herbert (1593 - 1633)) The merry world did on a day With his train-bands and mates agree To meet together where I lay, And all in sport to jeer at me. continue reading
Recessional (by: Rudyard Kipling (1865 - 1936)) God of our fathers, known of old— Lord of our far-flung battle-line— Beneath whose awful Hand we hold... continue reading
Resurrection (by: Hermann Hagedorn) Not long did we lie on the torn, red field of pain. We fell, we lay, we slumbered, we took rest, With the wild nerves quiet at last, and the vexed brain Cleared of the wingèd nightmares, and the breast Freed of the heavy dreams of hearts afar. continue reading
Separation (by: Walter Savage Landor (1775-1864)) There is a mountain and a wood between us, Where the lone shepherd and late bird have seen us Morning and noon and eventide repass. continue reading
Sin (by: George Herbert (1593 - 1633)) Lord, with what care hast Thou begirt us round! Parents first season us; then schoolmasters Deliver us to laws; -they send us bound continue reading
Song Of Empedocles, The (by: Matthew Arnold (1822 - 1888)) And you, ye stars, Who slowly begin to marshal, As of old, in the fields of heaven, Your distant, melancholy lines! continue reading
Song Of The Silent Land (by: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882)) Into the Silent Land! Ah! who shall lead us thither? Clouds in the evening sky more darkly gather, And shattered wrecks lie thicker on the strand. continue reading
Song Of The Wave (by: Kahlil Gibran (1883 - 1931)) I and the shore are lovers : The wind unites us and separates us. I come from beyond the twilight to merge the silver of my foam with the gold of its sand... continue reading
