George Herbert, Gratefulness
Thou that hast giv’n so much to me, Give one thing more, a grateful heart. See how thy beggar works on thee By art. He makes thy gifts occasion … Continue reading
William Butler Yeats, Gratitude to the Unknown Instructors
Gratitude to the Unknown Instructors What they undertook to do They brought to pass; All things hang like a drop of dew Upon a blade of grass. William Butler Yeats … Continue reading
Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Sonnet 39: Because thou hast the power and own’st the grace
Because thou hast the power and own’st the grace To look through and behind this mask of me (Against which years have beat thus blanchingly With their rains), and behold … Continue reading
Emily Bronte, My Comforter
Well hast thou spoken, and yet, not taught A feeling strange or new; Thou hast but roused a latent thought, A cloud-closed beam of sunshine, brought To gleam in open … Continue reading
Kahlil Gibran- The Prophet, On Beauty
And a poet said, “Speak to us of Beauty.” Where shall you seek beauty, and how shall you find her unless she herself be your way and your guide? And … Continue reading
Percy Bysshe Shelley: Music, when soft voices die
Music, when soft voices die, Vibrates in the memory; Odours, when sweet violets sicken, Live within the sense they quicken. Rose leaves, when the rose is dead, Are heaped for … Continue reading
Shane Koyczan: To This Day…For the Bullied and Beautiful
This is a stunning, beautiful, love-filled, upsetting, funny, inspiring and wonderful talk. I urge you to watch and be inspired! By turn hilarious and haunting, poet Shane Koyczan puts his … Continue reading
Elizabeth Barrett Browning, How do I love thee?
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight For … Continue reading
Margaret Atwood, Variations on the Word Love
This is a word we use to plug holes with. It’s the right size for those warm blanks in speech, for those red heart- shaped vacancies on the page that … Continue reading
Lord George Gordon Byron, She walks in Beauty
She walks in Beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies; And all that’s best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes: Thus mellowed … Continue reading
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