Some of my fave poems, songs, and stuff like that...
~The Valley of Unrest--Edgar Allen Poe~
Once it smiled a silent dell
Where the people did not dwell;
They had gone unto the wars,
Trusting to the mild-eyed stars,
Nightly, form their azure towers,
To keep watch above the flowers,
In the midst of which all day
The red sun-light lazily lay.
Now each visiter shall confess
The sad valley's restlessness.
Nothing there is motionless-
Nothing save the airs that brood
Over the magic solitude.
Ah, by no wind are stirred those trees
That palpitate like the chill seas
Around the misty Hebrides!
Ah, by no wind those clouds are driven
That rustle through the unquiet Heaven
Uneasily, form morn till even,
Over the violets ther that lie
In myriad types of the human eye-
Over the lilies there that wave
And weep above a nameless grave!
They wave:-from out their fragrant tops
Eternal dews come down in drops.
They weep:-from off their delicate
Perennial tears descend in gems.
~The Night Has a Thousand Eyes--Francis William Bourdillon~
The night has a thousand eyes;
And the day but one;
Yet the light of the bright world dies
With the dying sun
The mind has a thousand eyes
And the heart but one;
Yet the light of a whole life dies
When love is done.
~Romeo & Juliet~Prologue--William Shakespeare~
Two households both alike in dignity
In fair Verona, where we lay our scene,
From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,
Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.
From forth the fatal loins of these two foes
A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life;
Whose misadventured piteous over throws
Do with their death bury their parent's strife.
The fearful passage of their death-mark'd love,
And the continuance of their parents' rage,
Which, but their children's end, nought could remove,
Is now the two hours' traffic of our stage;
The which if you with patient ears attend,
What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend.
~Not in Vain--Emily Dickinson~
If I can stop one heart from breaking,
I shall not live in vain:
If I can ease one life the aching,
Or cool one pain,
Or help one fainting robin
Unto his nest again,
I shall not live in vain.
~Solitude--Ella Wheeler Wilcox~
Laugh and the world laughs with you;
Weep, and you weep alone.
For the sad old earth must borrow it mirth,
But has trouble enough of its own.
Sing, and the hills will answer;
Sigh, it is lost on the air
The echoes bound to a joyful sound,
But shrink from voicing care.
Rejoice, and men will seek you;
Grieve, and they turn and go.
They want full measure of all your pleasure,
But they do not need your woe.
Be glad, and your friends are many;
Be sad, and you lose them all.
There are none to decline your mectared wine,
But alone you must drink life's gall.
Feast, and your halls are crowded;
Fast, and the world goes by.
Succeed and give, and it helps you live,
But no man can help you die.
There is room in the halls of pleasure
For a long and lordly train,
But one by one we must all file on
Through the narrow aisles of pain.
This is my personal fave. My cousin wrote this song!!
~You Loved Me--Desiree Brooke~
I remember at a young age now I know,
you lived just down the street in a house Identical to mine
we were always together playing tag catching bugs
as a child I never knew how our love would grow
CHORUS:
You openned your eyes touching my hand softly,
you smiled your last smile, and whispered you loved me
I recall as we grew but not apart
your smile became softer as we grew into each others hearts
slowly your face grew older and my pigtails fell long
and one day almost to young to realize, I knew that I loved you forever always
CHORUS
the older we became the closer we became
our friendship sprung from the common spring into love
still inseperable, we would smile at each other for hours
and a kiss from you told me that our love was one
CHORUS
You came one night to take me out, I declined as sick
you smiled kissed me tenderly,turned and then left
oh now how I wish I had left with you that night
if I had only known that this would be our last kiss
CHORUS
You drove away as you waved to me with a sympathetic smile
a car wreck was not in your future, our plans, not suposed to be your fate
a man so selfish to take anothers life, so hatefully drunk
he wrecked his car but destroyed my life
CHORUS
a call came that night, I smiled and picked up the phone
my smile slowly faded as I learned of what had happened
I rushed to the hospital alone and sat with you calmly
four days I waited and then...
(CHORUS)You openned your eyes touching my hand softly,
you smiled your last smile, and whispered you loved me
Then you closed your eyes slowly
so calm so brave as you died with a smile on your face
a tear fell from my eye as I smiled faintly then began to cry
you were gone for now but would be with me forever
I blame myself sometimes I could have been with you now
we could have died together
CHORUS
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