Monthly Archives: September 2012

With calmness comes the tender, nudging night, While up each street comes softly-glowing light. The day has passed out of my sight, But man has passed the darkness with his might. Now brighter glow the globes of human truth, So … Continue reading →

Full joy, full light, Fill up each half Till my whole cup’s A winking laugh. Full mind, full sight— My dinner true, And with delight I chew it through. Full plan does stand, My aim is straight; With self-command I … Continue reading →

Dream not of death till you are dead, Nor let it live within your head. Make winning deeds your only song And sing it proud your whole life long.

Oh, who can sing a happy song When so much in the world is wrong? “I can, I can!” sang a boy; “I can sing a song of joy!” And so he sang, and so I heard, And all my … Continue reading →

Ah, selfishly I wake each morn To be the me for which I’m born, And selfishly I breathe the air Which nature gives me, being fair. Then selfishly do I arise To view the world before my eyes, And dancing … Continue reading →

In the hope of new November comes a day we shall remember, if Goodbye shall be the sender of Obama out the door, for the White House is a-smolder with ideas burning older as they twist in furls of falsehood … Continue reading →

To take a voyage on over the sea I first must ask, “What is in it for me?” If someone wants me to work like a bee, Then ask, I will, “What is in it for me?” If tyrants consigned … Continue reading →

O Wealth of man-made things, O Majesty! Where buildings leap and soar and break the sky! Where rivers under brilliant bridges run And laugh, and fear not mighty-moving man, Who stops and goes, is once again begun, And makes the … Continue reading →