All Things Human

Hymn on Solitude
by James Thomson (1700-1748)
Hail, mildly pleasing solitude,
Companion of the wise and good;
But, from whose holy, piercing eye,
The herd of fools, and villains fly.
Oh! how I love with thee to walk,
And listen to thy whisper

On the Future of Poetry
by Henry Austin Dobson (1840-1921)
Bards of the Future! you that come
With striding march, and roll of drum,
What will your newest challenge be
To our prose-bound community?
What magic will you find to stir
The limp and languid listener?
Will it be daring and dramatic?
Will it be frankly democratic?
Will Pegasus return again
In guise of modern aeroplane,
Descending [...]

The Cremation of Sam McGee
by Robert W. Service (1874-1958)
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The View at Gunderson