The World Was Young, The Mountains Green
by J.R.R. Tolkien The world was young, the mountains green ( Read more... )

Remorse for Intemperate Speech
by W.B. YeatsI ranted to the knave and fool ( Read more... )

When Philoctetes in the Lemnian Isle
by William Wordsworth (1827)WHEN Philoctetes in the Lemnian isle ( Read more... )

Here Dead We Lie
by A.E. Houseman (1859-1936)

Here dead we lie
Because we did not choose
To live and shame the land
From which we sprung.

Life, to be sure,
Is nothing much to lose,
But young men think it is,
And we were young.

Hope is the thing with feathers
by Emily Dickinson (1830-86), Complete Poems (1945)HOPE is the thing with feathers ( Read more... )

i sing of olaf glad and big
by e.e.cummings (1931)i sing of Olaf glad and big ( Read more... )