The Friend Life
Philosophy and WisdomThe Friend Life
5824
'If our looks grow rather frigid
And our stately spines stand rigid
At the thought of what the Outlanders begrudge us,
Treat them gently, friends-remember
That of Truth we are the Ember
And the Shrine-so who are they that…
The Respite
Philosophy and WisdomTHE RESPITE
4671
Now, night, dun-winged, upon a stressful world descends,
With calm decree of silence, and day's fanfare ends;
Freed souls steal down dim aisles shading sea of sleep, to
Awhile to drift, like ships becalmed upon the deep
…
Ignorance
Philosophy and WisdomIgnorance
1754
I would not know my day,
Nor the measure of my years,
Lest I should turn some joy's appointed way To tears;
Lest, did this earth-cup hold
Such wisdom's alchemy
Some hour transformed to mirth, I might behold,
Which pain…
The Heaviest Cross
Philosophy and WisdomTHE HEAVIEST CROSS
Edgar M More
4851
It must be pitiful to bear great blame,
All undeserved, sure that with open scorn,
Or unclean jests of their own vileness born,
Or covert sneers, vile lips repeat your name
To know that honest men whom…
The Little Heroine
Philosophy and WisdomThe Little Heroine
1652
"Eay, who will climb the belfry tower
And cut cut that banner down;
All broken in the Austrian's power,
They gullop from the town
"And surely the an Idie taunt
With this day's victory gained,
To see you painted…
Wisdom
Philosophy and WisdomWISDOM
3447
Like doves our strong-winged hopes o out
To speed their night through unknown прасе,
Like tired doves they curve about
And find no sate abiding place,
Till Wisdom's window open swings
In some sweet Ark of lowly things
Our…
The November Moon
Philosophy and WisdomThe silvery moon looks down, looks down
From her balcony in the skies
On n somber wood of russet and brown
With wide and wondering eyes
And she looks in valu on will and plain
For the grave where summer les,
For the dalsy is dead and the…
The Spirit Of The Fall
Philosophy and WisdomTHE SPIRIT OF THE FALL
5532
Beside a woodland stream whose waters brawl,
All pensive, sits the Spirit of the Fall
Her garments brown and gold, her shoul- ders bare,
Her bosom curtained by her loosened hair
Her brow entwined with maple leaves…
Sonnet To The Laugh Of A Child
Philosophy and WisdomSonnet to the Laugh of a Child
5538
Golden music fashioned by the stars,
And chanted by the fairies in the gloom-
In the gray and ghostly gloom
Where the whitened birches loom,
And the summer's sliken vestures
Hold a rare and rich perfume,
Oh,…
His Highness Heir-Apparent Of Tomorrow
Philosophy and WisdomHIS HIGHNESS HEIR-APPARENT OF TOMORROW
3902
I
His Highness, heir-apparent morrow, of to-
Has joined our happy circle; naked he came;
And of his need he was constrained to borrow
Ralment and food and…
Silence Is Golden
Philosophy and WisdomSilence is Golden
4095
Silence is Golden Youn
When I was joined to Minnie, she, like many of her sex,
Was prone to talk so ceaselessly my patience she would vex;
But I have trained her to be still whene'er I crook my thumb;
I've got her fund…
The Man With The Hoe
Philosophy and WisdomThe Man With the Hoe
EDWIN MARKHAM
4162
Written after seeing the painting by Millet)
"God made man in His own image:
In His own Image made He him"-Genesis
Bowed with the weight of centuries he leans
Upon his hoe and gazes on the ground,…
Rememebtance
Philosophy and WisdomRememebtance
2562
Soft! and low the music came,
And yet it every crevice filled;
Strains of melody so sweet
That s'en the mocking bird was stilled
And then there came the silence, doe
When every note had passed away,
Leaving naught but…
The Mystery Of Humor
Philosophy and WisdomThe Mystery of Humor
Washington Star
1227
When on the pave you chance to fall,
With utter lack of grace,
And turn your ankle as you sprawl,
And, maybe, bruise your face,
When angry tears spring in your eye
And you are mad as sin,
Oh, why…
Reading The Appointments
Philosophy and WisdomReading the Appointments
4532
I was sitting in a wing slip, near the stern rail,
When the Bishop oarne in softly, with a face rene but pale,
And a silence indescribably pathetic in its power,
Such as might have reigned in heaven then that ''space…
Wisdom Of The Young
Philosophy and WisdomWisdom of the Young
1606
A college graduato was he,
His knowledge was his joy and prides
Not merely theoretical,
But well applied
In science well he knew the cause
That made an earthquake jog a town
And, furthermore, himself could shake…