“since feeling is first,” by e.e. cummings since feeling is firstwho pays any attentionto the syntax of thingswill never wholly kiss you;wholly to be a foolwhile Spring is in the world my blood

Vitae summa brevis spem nos vetat inchohare longamby Ernest Dowson"The brevity of life forbids us to entertain hopes of long duration" —HoraceThey are not long, the weeping and the laughter,Love and desire and hate:I

Songby John DonneGo and catch a falling star,Get with child a mandrake root,Tell me where all past years are,Or who cleft the devils foot;Teach me to hear mermaids singing,Or to keep off envy's

Lullabyby W. H. AudenLay your sleeping head, my love,Human on my faithless arm:Time and fevers burn awayIndividual beauty fromThoughtful children, and the graveProves the child ephemeral:But in my arms till break of dayLet

La Figlia Che Piange (The Weeping Girl)by T. S. EliotStand on the highest pavement of the stair —Lean on a garden urn —Weave, weave the sunlight in your hair —Clasp your flowers to

I, Being Born a Woman, and Distressedby Edna St. Vincent MillayI, being born a woman, and distressedBy all the needs and notions of my kind,Am urged by your propinquity to findYour person fair,

Looking For Your Face From the beginning of my lifeI have been looking for your facebut today I have seen it Today I have seenthe charm, the beauty,the unfathomable graceof the facethat I

Love is always patient and kind. It is never jealous. Love is never boastful or conceited. It is never rude or selfish. It does not take offense and is not resentful. Love takes

Don’t spend yourself in the small copper coinsof complaint and accusation.Don’t answer those in authority, those who fancythemselves all-powerful,with grubby, fingered wordsfor which you’ll be picked up at three in the morning.Answer with

shalom. think i'm self absorbed? well, everyone is, someway somehow. :p so, 1. i love being dependent. to Him. people say i'm very strong but i hate it that they think so. 2.