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With love which softens yet:

Now God be thanked for every thought

Which is so tender it has caught

Earth's guerdon of regret。



Earth saddens; never shall remove

Affections purely given;

And e'en that mortal grief shall prove

The immortality of love;

And heighten it with Heaven。



Elizabeth Barrett Browning '1806…1861' 





THREESCORE AND TEN



Who reach their threescore years and ten;

As I have mine; without a sigh;

Are either more or less than men …

Not such am I。



I am not of them; life to me

Has been a strange; bewildering dream;

Wherein I knew not things that be

From things that seem。



I thought; I hoped; I knew one thing;

And had one gift; when I was young …

The impulse and the power to sing;

And so I sung。



To have a place in the high choir

Of poets; and deserve the same …

What more could mortal man desire

Than poet's fame?



I sought it long; but never found;

The choir so full was and so strong

The jubilant voices there; they drowned

My simple song。



Men would not hear me then; and now

I care not; I accept my fate;

When white hairs thatch the furrowed brow

Crowns come too late!



The best of life went long ago

From me; it was not much at best;

Only the love that young hearts know;

The dear unrest。



Back on my past; through gathering tears;

Once more I cast my eyes; and see

Bright shapes that in my better years

Surrounded me!



They left me here; they left me there;

Went down dark pathways; one by one …

The wise; the great; the young; the fair;

But I went on。



And I go on!  And bad or good;

The old allotted years of men

I have endured as best I could;

Threescore and ten!



Richard Henry Stoddard '1825…1903'





RAIN ON THE ROOF



When the humid shadows hover

Over all the starry spheres;

And the melancholy darkness

Gently weeps in rainy tears;

What a bliss to press the pillow

Of a cottage…chamber bed;

And to listen to the patter

Of the soft rain overhead!



Every tinkle on the shingles

Has an echo in the heart;

And a thousand dreamy fancies

Into busy being start;

And a thousand recollections

Weave their air…threads into woof;

As I listen to the patter

Of the rain upon the roof。



Now in memory comes my mother;

As she used; in years agone;

To regard the darling dreamers

Ere she left them till the dawn;

And I feel her fond look on me;

As I list to this refrain

Which is played upon the shingles

By the patter of the rain。



Then my little seraph sister;

With her wings and waving hair;

And her star…eyed cherub brother …

A serene angelic pair …

Glide around my wakeful pillow;

With their praise or mild reproof;

As I listen to the murmur

Of the soft rain on the roof。



And another comes; to thrill me

With her eyes' delicious blue;

And I mind not; musing on her;

That her heart was all untrue:

I remember but to love her

With a passion kin to pain;

And my heart's quick pulses vibrate

To the patter of the rain。



Art hath naught of tone or cadence

That can work with such a spell

In the soul's mysterious fountains;

Whence the tears of rapture well;

As that melody of nature;

That subdued; subduing strain

Which is played upon the shingles

By the patter of the rain。



Coates Kinney '1826…1904'





ALONE BY THE HEARTH



Here; in my snug little fire…lit chamber;

Sit I alone:

And; as I gaze in the coals; I remember

Days long agone。

Saddening it is when the night has descended;

Thus to sit here;

Pensively musing on episodes ended

Many a year。



Still in my visions a golden…haired glory

Flits to and fro;

She whom I loved … but 'tis just the old story:

Dead; long ago。

'Tis but a wraith of love; yet I linger

(Thus passion errs);

Foolishly kissing the ring on my finger …

Once it was hers。



Nothing has changed since her spirit departed;

Here; in this room

Save I; who; weary; and half broken…hearted;

Sit in the gloom。

Loud 'gainst the window the winter rain dashes;

Dreary and cold;

Over the floor the red fire…light flashes

Just as of old。



Just as of old … but the embers are scattered;

Whose ruddy blaze

Flashed o'er the floor where the fairy feet pattered

In other days!

Then; her dear voice; like a silver chime ringing;

Melted away;

Often these walls have re…echoed her singing;

Now hushed for aye!



Why should love bring naught but sorrow; I wonder?

Everything dies!

Time and death; sooner or later; must sunder

Holiest ties。

Years have rolled by; I am wiser and older …

Wiser; but yet

Not till my heart and its feelings grow colder;

Can I forget。



So; in my snug little fire…lit chamber;

Sit I alone;

And; as I gaze in the coals; I remember

Days long agone!



George Arnold '1834…1865'





THE OLD MAN DREAMS



Oh for one hour of youthful joy!

Give back my twentieth spring!

I'd rather laugh; a bright…haired boy;

Than reign; a gray…beard king。



Off with the spoils of wrinkled age!

Away with Learning's crown!

Tear out life's Wisdom…written page;

And dash its trophies down!



One moment let my life…blood stream

From boyhood's fount of flame!

Give me one giddy; reeling dream

Of life all love and fame!



My listening angel heard the prayer;

And; calmly smiling; said;

〃If I but touch thy silvered hair;

Thy hasty wish hath sped。



〃But is there nothing in thy track

To bid thee fondly stay;

While the swift seasons hurry back

To find the wished…for day?〃



〃Ah; truest soul of womankind!

Without thee what were life?

One bliss I cannot leave behind:

I'll take … my … precious … wife!〃



The angel took a sapphire pen

And wrote in rainbow dew;

The man would be a boy again;

And be a husband; too!



〃And is there nothing yet unsaid;

Before the change appears?

Remember; all their gifts have fled

With those dissolving years。〃



〃Why; yes;〃 for memory would recall

My fond paternal joys;

〃I could not bear to leave them all …

I'll take … my … girl … and … boys。〃



The smiling angel dropped his pen; …

〃Why; this will never do;

The man would be a boy again;

And be a father; too!〃



And so I laughed; … my laughter woke 

The household with its noise; … 

And wrote my dream; when morning broke;

To please the gray…haired boys。



Oliver Wendell Holmes '1809…1894'





THE GARRET

After Beranger



With pensive eyes the little room I view;

Where; in my youth; I weathered it so long;

With a wild mistress; a stanch friend or two;

And a light heart still breaking into song:

Making a mock of life; and all its cares;

Rich in the glory of my rising sun;

Lightly I vaulted up four pair of stairs;

In the brave days when I was twenty…one。



Yes; 'tis a garret … let him know't who will …

There was my bed … full hard it was and small;

My table there … and I decipher still

Half a lame couplet charcoaled on the wall。

Ye joys; that Time hath swept with him away;

Come to mine eyes; ye dreams of love and fun;

For you I pawned my watch how many a day;

In the brave days when I was twenty…one。



And see my little Jessy; first of all;

She comes with pouting lips and sparkling eyes:

Behold; how roguishly she pins her shawl

Across the narrow casement; curtain…wise;

Now by the bed her petticoat glides down;

And when did woman look the worse in none?


I have heard since who paid for many a gown;

In the brave days when I was twenty…one。



One jolly evening; when my friends and I

Made happy music with our songs and cheers;

A shout of triumph mounted up thus high;

And distant cannon opened on our ears:

We rise; … we join in the triumphant strain; …

Napoleon conquers … Austerlitz is won …

Tyrants shall never tread us down again;

In the brave days when I was twenty…one。



Let us begone … the place is sad and strange …

How far; far off; these happy times appear;

All that I have to live I'd gladly change

For one such month as I have wasted here …

To draw long dreams of beauty; love; and power;

From founts of hope that never will outrun;

And drink all life's quintessence in an hour;

Give me the days when I was twenty…one!



William Makepeace Thackeray '1811…1863' 





AULD LANG SYNE



Should auld acquaintance be forgot;

And never brought to min'?

Should auld acquaintance be forgot;

And days o' lang syne?



For auld lang syne; my dear;

For auld lang syne;

We'll tak a cup o' kindness yet

For auld lang syne。



We twa hae rin about the braes;

And pu'd the gowans fine;

But we've wandered monie a weary fit

Sin' auld lang syne。



We twa hae paidl't i' the burn;

Frae mornin' sun till dine;

But seas between us braid hae roared

Sin' auld lang syne。



And here's a hand; my trusty fiere;

And gie's a hand o' thine;

And we'll tak a right guid willie…waught

For auld lang syne。



And surely ye'll be your pint…stowp;

And surely I'll be mine;

And we'll tak a cup o' kindness yet

For auld lang syne!



Robert Burns '1759…1796'





ROCK ME TO SLEEP



Backward; turn backward; O Time; in your flight;

Make me a child again; just for to…night!

Mother; come back from the echoless shore;

Take me again to your heart as of yore;

Kiss from my forehead the furrows of care;

Smooth the few silver threads out of my hair;

Over my slumbers your loving watch keep; …

Rock me to sleep; mother; … rock me to sleep!



Backward; flow backward; O tide of the years!

I am so weary of toil and of tears; …

Toil without recompense; tears all in vain; …

Take them; and give me my childhood again!

I have grown weary of dust and decay; …

Weary of flinging my soul…wealth away;

Weary of sowing for others to reap; …

Rock me to sleep; mother; … rock me to sleep!



Tired of the hollow; the base; the untrue;

Mother; O
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