The World Is Too Much With Us 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 solid boon! The Sea that bares her bosom to the moon; The winds that will […]
They Are Not Long They are not long, the weeping and the laughter, Love and desire and hate: I think they have no portion in us after We pass the gate. They are not long, the days of wine and roses: Out of a misty dream Our path emerges for awhile, then closes Within a […]
When At Heart You Should Be Sad When at heart you should be sad, Pondering the joys we had, Listen and keep very still. If the lowing from the hill Or the toiling of a bell Do not serve to break the spell, Listen: you may be allowed To hear my laughter from a cloud. […]
When I Must Leave When I must leave you for a while Please do not grieve and shed wild tears And hug your sorrow to you through the years But start out bravely with a gallant smile And for my sake and in my name Live on and do all the things the same Feed […]
You know how little time we have to stay You know how little time we have to stay, And once departed, may return no more. Ah, my Beloved, fill the Cup that clears Today of past Regrets and future fears. Ah, make the most of what we yet may spend, Before we too into the […]
You’ll Never Walk Alone When you walk through the storm Hold your head up high, And don’t be afraid of the dark. At the end of the storm Is a golden sky And the sweet silver song of a lark. Walk on through the wind, Walk on through the rain, Though your dreams be tossed […]
A Parting Guest What delightful guests are they Life and Love! Lingering I turn away, This late hour, yet glad enough They have not witheld from me Their high hospitality. So with face lit with delight And all gratitude, I stay Yet to press their hands and say, “Thanks. So fine a time! Goodnight.” – […]
Nov
Away I cannot say, and I will not say That he is dead. He is just away. With a cheery smile, and a wave of the hand, He has wandered into an unknown land And left us dreaming how very fair It needs must be, since he lingers there. And you—oh you, who the wildest […]
Nov
A Song of Living Because I have loved life, I shall have no sorrow to die. I have sent up my gladness on wings, to be lost in the blue of the sky. I have run and leaped with the rain, I have taken the wind to my breast. My cheeks like a drowsy child […]