"The Sun" by Melville Madison Bigelow Heart of the worlds! thy mighty pulses beat Upon the furthest planet’s untrod shore; They gild the surges of old seas that roar Beyond man’s power to pierce their safe retreat. Great Heart! and yet thy morning pulse-beams greet The little rose a-tint with blushes o’er. See! spreads his …
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Perpetuity
"Perpetuity" by Frank Dempster Sherman I heard a sweet voice singing in the night A tender love-song written years ago, To ease a poet’s heart of that deep woe Born of long absence from its dear delight; And as the music like a bird took flight Across the shadowed world and vanished so, I thought …
Auld Lang Syne
I found myself humming the tune of the traditional folk song used to put the lovely Scots poem "Auld Lang Syne" to music yesterday and it got me thinking about the nature of life and living. "Auld Lang Syne" translates roughly to "long, long ago" and the poem is generally recognized as a call to …
Forgiveness
"Forgiveness" by John Greenleaf Whittier My heart was heavy, for its trust had been Abused, its kindness answered with foul wrong; So, turning gloomily from my fellow-men, One summer Sabbath day I strolled among The green mounds of the village burial-place; Where, pondering how all human love and hate Find one sad level; and how, …
The World
"World" by William Wordsworth The world is too much with us; late and soon, Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers: Little we see in Nature that is ours; We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon! This sea that bares her bosom to the moon; The winds that will be howling at …
True Love
"Love" by Thomas Hood Love, dearest Lady, such as I would speak, Lives not within the humor of the eye;— Not being but an outward phantasy, That skims the surface of a tinted cheek. Else it would wane with beauty, and grow weak,— As if the rose made summer,—and so lie Amongst the perishable things …
Encouragement
"Encouragement" by Mrs. Elizabeth Clementine Kinney When first peeps out from earth the modest vine, Asking but little space to live and grow, How easily some step, without design, May crush the being from a thing so low! But let the hand that doth delight to show Support to feebleness the tendril twine Around some …
A City yet Slumbering
"Composed upon Westminster Bridge" by William Wordsworth Earth has not anything to show more fair: Dull would he be of soul who could pass by A sight so touching in its majesty. This city now doth like a garment wear The beauty of the morning; silent, bare, Ships, towers, domes, theatres, and temples lie Open …
True Wisdom
"A Privilege Worth a Hard Earning" by Henry Ellison It is the hardest task, the highest end, Of all true wisdom, rightly understood, To see the Ill, yet not o’erlook the Good, Nor let the Ill beyond itself extend, Nor o’er the sunny side its shadows send Beyond its own intrinsic magnitude, As mountains cast …
Thoughts Serene
"Thoughts Serene" by Gregg Hake A verdant sight like none I've seen Fills my mind with thoughts serene. A field abuzz with bees on flowers, As widening shadows mark the hours. I think of man, his hectic pace, For him life is naught but a race. He rushes madly to and fro, His purpose lost …
Gregory Hake 