My Choice (Jared Barhite Poems)
I would rather dwell a hermit In some silent peaceful wood, Where no voice of human being Ever breaks the solitude; Where babbling brook, ...
I would rather dwell a hermit In some silent peaceful wood, Where no voice of human being Ever breaks the solitude; Where babbling brook, ...
Whate'er we leave to God, God does, And blesses us;The work we choose should be our own, God leaves alone.If with light ...
The type of enterprise is he, Of sense and thrift and toil; Who reckons less on pedigree Than rich, productive soil; And no "blue ...
A worthy couple, man and wife, Dragged on a discontented life: The reason, I should state, That it was destitute of joys, Was that ...
HARK! the Lambeth Guardians sing:Glory to the new-born King;Glory to the gun and swordThat will teach the German hordeIn a ...
The long war had ended.Its miseries had grown faded.Deaf men became difficult to talk to,Heroes became bores.Those alchemistsWho had converted ...
ONCE more, ye Pleiads of the Ionian deep,Welcome! in misty distance, 'midst the roarOf warring waves and winds, that fiercely ...
Strong ankled, sun burned, almost naked,The daughters of CaliforniaEducate reluctant humanists;Drive into their skulls with tennis ballsThe unhappy realizationThat nature ...
Can rules or tutors educateThe semigod whom we await?He must be musical,Tremulous, impressional,Alive to gentle influenceOf landscape and of sky,And ...
Ye sportive nymphs who on Parnassus play,Though old as ages, -- young and ever gay!O hither wing from Parna's flow'ry ...
A man was Peter Myloh, strong-browed and black of face,Australian Aboriginal, son of a dark doomed race. And even I, ...
You may tinker with the tariff and make some simple gains, You may put on tolls or take 'em off, ...
Lovers eminent in love Ever diversities combine; The vocal chords of the cushat-dove, The snake's articulated spine. Such elective elements ...
Whate'er we leave to God, God does, And blesses us; The work we choose should be our own, God leaves ...
Oh happy he who cannot see With scientific eyes; Who does not know how flowers grow, And is not planet ...
I've never ceased to curse the day I signed A seven years' bargain for the Golden Fleece. 'Twas a bad ...
They hail you as their morning star Because you are the way you are. If you return the sentiment, They'll ...
Alas! now o'er the civilised world there hangs a gloom For brave General Gordon, that was killed in Khartoum, He ...
No Time to Teach: In Class, They Give a General Overview. On Tests, They Want Particular Details. No Time to ...
Once I loved a spider When I was born a fly, A velvet-footed spider With a gown of rainbow-dye. She ...
I. THE LION The Lion is a kingly beast. He likes a Hindu for a feast. And if no Hindu ...
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