~Prose~

~By Thee Notable~

All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by frost.
*J. R. R. Tolkien "Lord of the Rings"

And with tears of blood he cleansed the hand,
The hand that held the steel:
For only blood can wipe out blood,
And only tears can heal.
*Oscar Wilde "The Ballad of Reading Gaol"

Beauty never slumbers;
All is in her name;
But the rose remembers
The dust from which it came.
*Edna St. Vincent Millay

But Fear and the Muse in turn guard the place
Where the banished poet has gone
And the night that comes with quickened pace
Is ignorant of dawn.
*Anna Akhmatova

Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
*Dylan Thomas

Drink to me only with thine eyes,
And I will pledge with mine;
Or leave a kiss but in the cup
And I'll not look for wine.
*Ben Johnson "To Celia"

For this is Wisdom; to love, to live
To take what fate, or the Gods may give.
To ask no question, to make no prayer,
To kiss the lips and caress the hair,
Speed passion's ebb as you greet its flow
To have, - to hold - and - in time, - let go!
*Laurence Hope

Girl with the burning golden eyes,
And red-bird song, and snowy throat:
I bring you gold and silver moons,
And diamond stars, and mists that float.
I bring you moons and snowy clouds,
I bring you prarie skies to-night
To feebly praise your golden eyes
And red-bird song, and throat so white.
*Vachel Lindsay "To Gloriana"

When the truth gets far too deep,
Past the thousand years asleep,
Time demands I turn around,
And once again the truth is found.
*George Harrison

Life does not consist mainly, or even largely, of facts and
happenings. It consists mainly of the storm of thought that
is forever flowing through one's head.
*Mark Twain

Don't go around saying the world owes you a living; the world
owes you nothing; it was here first.
*Mark Twain [Samuel Langhornne Clemens] (1835-1910)