Adieu, Rydalian Laurels! that have grownAnd spread as if ye knew that days might comeWhen ye would shelter in a happy home,On this fair Mount, a Poet of your own,One who ne'er ventured for a Delphic crownTo sue the God; but, haunting your green shadeAll seasons through, is humbly pleased to braidGround-flowers, beneath your guardianship, self-sown.Farewell! no Minstrels now … [Read more...] about Adieu, Rydalian Laurels! That Have Grown, By: William Wordsworth
Poems
Vanity, By: G.K. Chesterton
A wan sky greener than the lawn, A wan lawn paler than the sky. She gave a flower into my hand, And all the hours of eve went by. Who knows what round the corner waits To smite? If shipwreck, snare, or slur Shall … [Read more...] about Vanity, By: G.K. Chesterton
Ultimate, By: G.K. Chesterton
The vision of a haloed host That weep around an empty throne; And, aureoles dark and angels dead, Man with his own life stands alone. 'I am,' he says his bankrupt creed: 'I am,' and is again a clod: The sparrow … [Read more...] about Ultimate, By: G.K. Chesterton
To Them That Mourn, By: G.K. Chesterton
Lift up your heads: in life, in death, God knoweth his head was high. Quit we the coward's broken breath Who watched a strong man die. If we must say, 'No more his peer Cometh; the flag is furled.' Stand not too … [Read more...] about To Them That Mourn, By: G.K. Chesterton