I'll be sharing bits from Marjorie Barrow's compilation of prose and poetry, published by Hawthorn Books, 1967. Twilight at Sea THE twilight hours, like birds, flew by As lightly and as free, Ten thousand stars were in the sky, Ten thousand on the sea; For every wave, with dimpled face, That leaped upon the air, Had caught a star in its embrace, And held it trembling there. Amelia B. Welby
I Meant to Do My Work Today by Richard Le Gallienne I meant to do my work today— But a brown bird sang in the apple tree, And a butterfly flitted across the field, And all the leaves were calling me. And the wind went sighing over the land, Tossing the grasses to and fro, And a rainbow held out its shining hand— So what could I do but laugh and go?
Let Me Grow Lovely Let me grow lovely, growing old— So many fine things do: Laces, and ivory, and gold, And silks need not be new; And there is healing in old trees, Old streets a glamour hold; Why may not I, as well as these, Grow lovely, growing old? Karle Wilson Baker
The Mist and All by Dixie Willson I like the fall The mist and all I like the night owl’s lonely call And wailing sound Of wind around I like the gray November day And bare, dead boughs that coldly sway Against my pane I like the rain I like to sit And laugh at it And tend my cozy fire a bit I like the fall The mist and all
"On the banks of the James River, a husband erected a tombstone in memory of his wife, one of those 100 maidens who had come to Virginia in 1619 to marry the lonely settlers. The stone bore this legend: 'She touched the soil of Virginia with her little foot and the wilderness became a home.'" --Eudora Ramsey Richardson
"Though my soul may set in darkness, it will rise in perfect light; I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night." ~An old astronomer to a student.
Make thy study a regular thing; say little and do much; and meet every man with friendliness. ~The Talmud
"I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life." ~Abraham Lincoln.