All Things Human

Twenty Years Hence
by Walter Savage Landor (1775-1864)
Twenty years hence my eyes may grow
If not quite dim, yet rather so,
Yet yours from others they shall know
Twenty years hence.
Twenty years hence, though it may hap
That I be called to take a nap
In a cool cell where thunder clap
Was never [...]

The Anxious Dead
by John McCrae (1872-1918)
O guns, fall silent till the dead men hear
Above their heads the legions pressing on:
(These fought their fight in time of bitter fear,
And died not knowing how the day had gone.)
O flashing muzzles, pause, and let them see
The coming dawn that [...]

Song
by Charles Sackville, Earl of Dorset (1638-1706)
May the ambitious ever find
Success in crowds and noise,
While gentle Love does fill my mind
With silent real joys;
May knaves and fools grow rich and great,
And the world think them wise;
While I lie dying at her feet,
And all [...]

On This Day I Complete My Thirty-Sixth Year
by George Gordon, Lord Byron (1788-1824)