When I Was One-and-Twenty When I was one-and-twenty I heard a wise man say, 'Give crowns and pounds and guineas But not your heart away; Give pearls away and rubies But keep your...

ON HEARING DONG PLAY THE FLAGEOLET A POEM TO PALACE-ATTENDANT FANG                   &nb...

Down by the salley gardens my love and I did meet; She passed the salley gardens with little snow-white feet. She bid me take love easy, as the leaves grow on the tree; But I, bein...

Then a woman said, “Speak to us of Joy and Sorrow.” And he answered: Your joy is your sorrow unmasked. And the selfsame well from Which your laughter rises was oftentimes filled ...

If You Were Coming in the Fall   If you were coming in the Fall, I’d brush the summer by With half a smile, and half a spurn, As Housewives do, a Fly。 If I could see you in ...

I cried a tear You wiped it dry I was confused You cleared my mind   I sold my soul You bought it back for me And held me up And gave me dignity Somehow you needed me   ...

You really is He does not You really is Thousand years ago The man So, adrift in Years of a river of Who heart go Turned to stone And who‘s expectations and waiting In the millenn...

Everybody Knows: You can‘t be all things to all people. You can‘t do all things at once. You can‘t do all things equally well. You can‘t do all things better than every...

Quiet Girl 安静的女孩   By Langston Hughes I would liken you To a night without star Were it not for your eyes.   I would liken you To a sleep without dreams Were it no...