Three Questions by Leo Tolstoy It once occurred to a certain king, that if he always knew the right time to begin everything; if he knew who were the right people to listen to, and whom to avoid; and, above all, if he…
At the time when Jesus was born, there was a very mean king who ruled the land. The name of the King was Herod. Three wise men were travelling on their camels at the time when Jesus was born. One night, the wise men n…
Humid seal of soft affections,Tend’rest pledge of future bliss,Dearest tie of young connections,Love’s first snow-drop, virgin kiss. Speaking silence, dumb confession,Passion’s birth, and infants’ play,Dove-like fondn…
To a Lady weeping. Weep, daughter of a royal line,A Sire’s disgrace, a realm’s decay;Ah, happy! if each tear of thineCould wash a father’s fault away! Weep—for thy tears are Virtue’s tears—Auspicious to these suffe…
To a Skylark by William Wordsworth Ethereal minstrel! pilgrim of the sky!Dost thou despise the earth where cares abound?Or, while the wings aspire, are heart and eyeBoth with thy nest upon the dewy ground?Thy nest whi…
Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness,Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun;Conspiring with him how to load and blessWith fruit the vines that round the thatch-eves run;To bend with apples the moss’d cottage trees,…