Because I could not stop for Death –
He kindly stopped for me –
The Carriage held but just Ourselves –
And Immortality.
We slowly drove – He knew no haste
And I had put away
My labor and my leisure too,
For His Civility –
We passed the School,...
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There is cause for many stings,
In the way some folks do things,
Some go at it "hammer 'n' tongs,"
Some with curses, some with songs;
But to each some trait belongs,
Some have soured on everything,
Can't find aught without a sting,
There are...
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Could we but draw back the curtains
That surround each other's lives,
See the naked heart and spirit,
Know what spur the action gives,
Often we should find it better,
Purer than we judged we should,
We should love each other better,
If we only...
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An old man going a lone highway,
Came, at the evening cold and gray,
To a chasm vast and deep and wide,
The old man crossed in the twilight dim,
The sullen stream had no fear for him;
But he turned when safe on the other side
And built a bridge to...
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On New Year's day you started in
With heart of grace absolved from sin,
With forward look, with purpose true,
And all the world was fair to you.
But soon the devil found a crack
And pierced your armor, front or back;
And soon, your conduct past...
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Life is a jest;
Take the delight of it.
Laughter is best;
Sing through the night of it.
Swiftly the tear
And the hurt and the ache of it
Find us down here;
Life must be what we make of it.
Life is a song;
Let us dance to the thrill of it.
Grief's...
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He was down and out, and his pluck was gone,
And he said to me in a gloomy way:
"I've wasted my chances, one by one,
And I'm just no good, as the people say.
Nothing ahead, and my dreams all dust,
Though once there was something I might have...
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Great tasks are but seldom given out,
Great deeds are but for the few,
Yet the little acts, not talked about,
May need a faith as true.
Some things are better for being small,
For a breath who wants a cyclone?
And the flower which would die in a...
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The Boots Theory is Captain Samuel Vimes' analogy of socioeconomic unfairness, it posits that the reason that the rich were so rich...was because they managed to spend less money. This is the situation he used to illustrate how the inability of...
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Nine passed him by with a hasty look,
Each bent on his eager way;
One glance at him was the most they took,
"Somebody stuck," said they;
But it never occurred to the nine to heed
A stranger's plight and a stranger's need.
The tenth man looked at...
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When I was biking on Sunday, I encountered an old man on a bicycle. He had white hair and an old bicycle going slow, so I passed him without much thought. Fast forward much later, I was struggling to get over this hill, I was very tired after...
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Who plants a seed, he little knows
What warm arousing light is lit,
What spring of living water flows,
What forces leap to nurture it.
Who plants a seed, what thought has he
Of timid sprout, of leaflets young.
Of sturdy trunk and branching tree,...
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I was applying for a summit today and one of the requirements was an essay on certain topics. I did mine on the importance of sustainability and having a livable planet for the youth of today. So i thought I’ll just upload it here as well, enjoy!...
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Deeply and long the sap must flow
Ere the merest layer of elm can grow.
Many a wave's recurrent shock
Is needed to smooth the tiniest rock.
Thousands of leaves must fade and fall
To make the mold by the garden wall.
Thus, as the patient seasons...
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Did you meet that trouble that came your way
With a resolute heart and cheerful?
Or hide your face from the light of day
With a craven soul and fearful;
For a trouble’s a ton, or a trouble’s an ounce,
It isn’t the fact that you’re hurt that...
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