Alma; or, The Progress of the Mind. In Three Cantos. – Canto III. (Matthew Prior Poems)
Richard, who now was half asleep,Roused, nor would longer silence keep;And sense like this, in vocal breath,Broke from his twofold ...
Richard, who now was half asleep,Roused, nor would longer silence keep;And sense like this, in vocal breath,Broke from his twofold ...
Oh! the image and the fable of the Sphynx! What lessons do they teach, What sermons do they preachOf the riddle and ...
Self discipline and perseverance strong,Effort on effort, with endurance long,Make kings of men, who subjugate and swayStern empire over self ...
Are you, like me, a peevish brat,With feelings extra-fine?Are you disposed to whip the catWhen misadventure lays your flat?Then paste ...
A quite convincing axiom Is, "Life is like a play";For, turning back its pages some Few dog-eared years away, I find where I Committed ...
Brothers, have you observed the calm?Even the leaves of that symbolic palmThat denotes peace, political and otherwise, are scarcely stirredBy ...
Bicycle, my bicycle, that liest where I lie, I've merely strained a tendon, but your time has come to die. ...
Call it a good marriage - For no one ever questioned Her warmth, his masculinity, Their interlocking views; Except one ...
The Skies can't keep their secret! They tell it to the Hills -- The Hills just tell the Orchards -- ...
Experiment escorts us last -- His pungent company Will not allow an Axiom An Opportunity (Emily Dickinson)
AN ATTACK ON BARBERCRAFT At last an end of all I hoped and feared! Muttered ...
AN ATTACK ON BARBERCRAFT At last an end of all I hoped and feared! Muttered ...
As one who strives a hill to climb, Who never climbed before: Who finds it, in a little time, Grow ...
DOST thou not rise, indignant shade, And smile wi' spurning scorn, When they wha wad hae starved thy life, Thy ...
In every presence there is absence. When we're together, the spaces between Threaten to enclose our bodies And isolate our ...
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