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The cat runs races with her tail. The dog Leaps oer the orchard hedge and knarls the grass. The swine run round and grunt and play with straw, Snatching out hasty mouthfuls from the stack. Sudden upon the elmtree tops...
WHEN daisies pied and violets blue, And lady-smocks all silver-white, And cuckoo-buds of yellow hue Do paint the meadows with delight, The cuckoo then, on every tree, Mocks married men; for thus sings he, Cuckoo! Cuckoo, cuckoo!--O word of fear, Unpleasing to a married ear!
[LATIN VERSION OF THE EPITAPH IN GRAY'S ELEGY.] Hic sinu fessum caput hospitali Cespitis dormit juvenis, nec illi Fata ridebant, popularis ille Nescius aurae. Musa non vultu genus arroganti Rustica natum grege despicata, Et suum tristis puerum notavit Sollicitudo.
If faithful souls be alike glorified As angels, then my fathers soul doth see, And adds this even to full felicity, That valiantly I hells wide mouth o'erstride: But if our minds to these souls be descried By circumstances, and...
Fierce roars the midnight storm O'er the wild mountain, Dark clouds the night deform, Swift rolls the fountain-- See! o'er yon rocky height, Dim mists are flying-- See by the moon's pale light, Poor Laura's dying!
The sovereign beauty which I do admire, Witness the world how worthy to be praised: The light whereof hath kindled heavenly fire In my frail spirit, by her from baseness raised; That being now with her huge brightness dazed, Base...
I saw thee weep--the big bright tear Came o'er that eye of blue; And then methought it did appear A violet dropping dew: I saw...
One gloomy eve I roamed about Neath Oxey's hazel bowers, While timid hares were darting out, To crop the dewy flowers; And soothing was the scene to me, Right pleased was my soul, My breast was calm as summer's sea When waves forget to roll.
"Wherever you are, and whatever you do, be in love." - Rumi
"Your success and happiness lie in you." - Helen Keller
"Friendship takes time and energy if it's going to work." - Betty White
"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." - Franklin D.
"The biggest room in the world is the room for improvement." - Unknown
"Time is a game played beautifully by children." - Heraclitus
"If you truly love Nature, you will find beauty everywhere. " - Vincent van Gogh
"The reward of suffering is experience." - Harry S.
"The most creative act you will ever undertake is the act of creating yourself." - Deepak Chopra
"Not doing it is certainly the best way to not getting it. " - Wayne Gretzky
"The salvation of the world lies in the human heart." - Vaclav Havel
"Storms don't last forever." - Unknown
"Even if you stumble and fall down, it doesn't mean you've chosen the wrong path." - Zen Proverb
"Simplicity is a difficult thing to achieve. " - Charlie Chaplin
"Change is never easy, but always possible." - Barack Obama
"Adventure is not outside man; it is within." - George Eliot