2010-07-12 18:58
Breathes there the Man, with Soul so Dead,Who never to himself hath said,"This is my own, my native land!"Whose heart hath ne'er within him burn'd,As home his footsteps he hath turn'd!For wa… Read More
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2010-05-21 13:29
Happy the man, whose wish and careA few paternal acres bound;Content to breathe his native air,In his own ground.Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread,Whose flocks supply him attire… Read More
2010-05-20 16:59
When I consider how my light is spent, Ere half my days, in this dark world and wide, And that one talent which is death to hide. Lodged with me useless, tho… Read More
2010-05-18 12:50
One day, Haroun Al Raschid readA book wherein the poet said:-'Where are the kings, and where the restOf those who once the world possessed?'They're gone with all their pomp and showThey're g… Read More
2010-04-24 16:39
Abou Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase!)Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace,And saw, within the moonlight in his room,Making it rich, and like a lily in bloom,An angel, writing in a b… Read More
2010-04-22 13:14
Fair, pledges of a fruitful tree, Why do ye fall so fast? Your date is not so past,But you may stay yet here awhile To blush and gently smile… Read More
2010-04-22 13:01
Fair Daffodils, we weep to seeYou haste away so soon:As yet the early-rising SunHas not attain'd his noon.Stay, stay,Untill the hasting dayHas runBut to the even-song;And, having pray'd toge… Read More
2010-04-21 14:11
Good people all, of, every sort,Give ear unto my song;And if you find it wond'rous short,It cannot hold you long.It Islington there was a man,Of whom the world might say,That still a goodly… Read More
2010-04-21 13:55
The mountain and the squirrelHad a quarrel,And the former called the latter "Little Prig"Bun Replied,"You are doubtless very big;But all sorts of things and weatherMust be taken in togehterT… Read More
2010-04-21 13:44
The man of life upright,Whose guiltless heart is freeFrom all dishonest deeds,Or thought of vanity;The man whose silent daysIn harmless joys are spent,Whom hopes cannot deludeNor sorrow disc… Read More
2010-04-21 13:14
You know we french stormed Ratisbon:A mile or so away,On a little mound NepoleonStood on our storming day;With neck out-thrust, You fancy how,Legs wide, arms lock behind,As if to balance the… Read More
2010-04-21 13:09
The year's at the spiring,And day's at the morn;Morning's at seven;The hill-side's dew-pearled;The lark's on the wing;The snailson the thorn;God's in His heavenAll's right with the world!By… Read More
2010-04-21 12:53
The sun does arise,And make happy the skies;The merry bells ringTo welcome the spring;The skylark and thrush,The birds of the bush,Sing louder aroundTo the bell's cheerful sound;While our sp… Read More
2010-04-21 12:47
How Sweet is the shepherd's sweet lot!From the morn to the evening he strays;He shall follows his sheep all the day,And his tongue shall be filled with praise.For he hears the lambs' innocen… Read More
2010-04-21 12:31
When the voices of children are heard on the green,And laughing is heard on the hill,My heart is at rest within my breast,And ever thing else is still.Then Come home, my children! the sun is… Read More
2010-04-21 12:23
Piping down the valleys wild,
Piping songs of pleasant glee, On a cloud I saw a child, And he laughing said to me:
“Pipe a song about a lamb!”… Read More
2010-04-21 11:59
Tiger, tiger, burning brightIn the forests of the night,What immortal hand or eyeCould frame the fearful symmetry ?In what distant deeps or skiesBurnt the fire of thine eyes ?On what wings d… Read More
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