Happiness is like England, and will not state a case,
Grief, like Guilt, rushes in and talks apace.
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There is a face I know too well,
So vain it is, so eloquentOf all futility.It is a human face that hidesA monkey soul within,That bangs about, that beats a gong,That makes a horrid din.Sometimes the monkey soul will sprawlAthwart the human eyes,And peering forth, will flesh its pads,And utter social lies.So wretched is this face, so vain,So empty and forlorn,You well may…
My heart goes out to my Creator in love
All living creatures come to quiet DeathFor him to eat up their activityAnd give them nothing, which is what they want althoughWhen they are living they do not think so.
Alone in the woods I felt
Nature has taught her creatures to hateMan that fusses and fumesUnquiet manAs the sap rises in the treesAs the sap paints the trees a violent greenSo rises the wrath of Nature’s creaturesAt manSo paints the face of Nature a violent green.Nature is sick at manSick at his fuss and fumeSick at his agoniesSick at his…
Why is the word pretty so underrated?
The stream grows deep in the woods after rain.And in the pretty pool the pike stalks.He stalks his prey, and this is pretty too,The prey escapes with an underwater flash.But not for long, the great has him now.The pike is a fish who always has his preyAnd this is pretty. The water rat is pretty.His…
Dearest Evelyn, I often think of you
Yesterday I hittapotamusI put the measurements down for you but they got lost in the fussIt’s not a good thing to drink out hereYou know, I’ve practically given it up dear.Tomorrow I am going alone a long wayInto the jungle. It is all greyBut green on topOnly sometimes when a tree has fallenThe sun comes…
Away, melancholy,
Are not the trees green,The earth as green?Does not the wind blow,Fire leap and the rivers flow?Away melancholy.The ant is busyHe carrieth his meat,All things hurryTo be eaten or eat.Away, melancholy.Man, too, hurries,Eats, couples, buries,He is an animal alsoWith a hey ho melancholy,Away with it, let it go.Man of all creaturesIs superlative(Away melancholy)He of all…