The Ultimate Wisdom (Piet Hein Poems)
Philosophersmust ultimately findtheir true perfectionin knowing allthe follies of mankind-by introspection. (Piet Hein)
Philosophersmust ultimately findtheir true perfectionin knowing allthe follies of mankind-by introspection. (Piet Hein)
Trembling Creation's omnipresent sun,Immanent Harmonist, Whose rhythms run.Alike where midge pursues his swift romance,Or grave stars cluster for their midnight ...
Originally addressed to a Young Gentleman, who, entering under the banners of Mars, signalized himself in the service of his ...
My dear ladies - that is to say, those of you who may happen inadvertently to glance through this ...
The gods let slip that fiendish grip Upon me last week Sunday--No fiercer storm than racked my form ...
ITurned from the 'eau-fortePar Jaquemart'To the strait headOf Messalina:'His true PenelopeWas Flaubert,'And his toolThe engraver's.Firmness,Not the full smile,His art, but ...
I'll sing a little ditty, whichI trust you'll not think flat.Of a fine fat saucy ChinamanWho lives on Ballarat,Whose pigtail ...
Ku'ch Ishaq Ki'ya Ku'ch Kaam Ki'ya.Who Log Bohat Khush Qismat Th'ay,Jo Ishaq Ko Kam Samujhty Th'ay,Ya Kam Say Aashqi Karty ...
Above the portico a flag-staff, bearing the Union Jack, remained fluttering in the flames for some time, but ultimately when ...
Signs, prophesies, promises fulfilled, God faithful though we are not when we break the covenants stray from the law, from ...
Ultimately, all of us standing before God facing the test of the rich man whether we will follow or not ...
The cross, the sacrifice, the suffering taking on our sins, to reconcile us to the creator that is the story, ...
We heard a story, a very personal, very public story of the friend who died, the friends who didn't understand ...
I LATELY vowed to leave the nuns alone, So oft their freaks have in my page been shown. The subject ...
You who desired so much--in vain to ask-- Yet fed you hunger like an endless task, Dared dignify the labor, ...
There were many who went in huddled procession, They knew not whither; But, at any rate, success or calamity Would ...
As Parmigianino did it, the right hand Bigger than the head, thrust at the viewer And swerving easily away, as ...
If starry space no limit knows And sun succeeds to sun, There is no reason to suppose Our earth the ...
Wargeilah town is very small, There's no cathedral nor a club, In fact the township, all in all, Is just ...
He watched the old movie unfold, The head-covered man bashing his van into a building, Nodding his head: 'Yes another ...
You must follow your dreams You must follow wherever it leads. Don’t be distracted by less worthy leads. Shelter it, ...
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