Walking the pathless woods
There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, There is a rapture on the lonely shore, … I love not man the less, but Nature more, – from Childe Harold’s […]
Dreaming of flying away
Palm-tree: single-legged giant, topping other trees, peering at the firmament – It longs to pierce the black cloud-ceiling and fly away, away, … – from Palm Tree by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 […]
Trees along the city street
The trees along this city street, Save for the traffic and the trains, Would make a sound as thin and sweet As trees in country lanes… – from City Trees […]
Where dark shadows lie
Bright is the earth where the dark shadows lie, Cast by the beams of a glittering sky. Praise for the shadows when earth days are done; For the darker the […]