Upon a showery night and still, Without a sound of warning, A trooper band surprised the hill, And held it in the morning. We were not waked by bugle notes No cheer our dreams invaded, And yet, at dawn, their yellow coats On the green slopes paraded. We careless folk the deed forgot; Till one [...]

Continue Reading Helen Gray Cone – THE DANDELIONS POEM

Easter, of course, was wonderful and always is. Just imagine the Tridentine Easter liturgy in a church http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1357786/posts – of which we are unworthy members – and you’ll understand why. But I squandered Lent. If not for the flu, tendonitis, atrial fibrillation, and a host of business problems I would consider myself to have done [...]

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I saw a ship a-sailing, A-sailing on the sea; Her masts were of the shining gold, Her deck of ivory; And sails of silk, as soft as milk, And silver shrouds had she. And round about her sailing, The sea was sparkling white, The waves all clapped their hands and sang To see so fair [...]

Continue Reading GABRIEL SETOUN – ROMANCE POEM

“I have always believed that there is a certain kind of Catholic (mostly male and mostly heterosexual), acutely aware of his own sinfulness, for whom AmChurch will just never get the job done. If there had been no old rite to come back to I think Gibson would have jumped out that window he talked [...]

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Have you ever heard the wind go “Yooooo”? ‘Tis a pitiful sound to hear! It seems to chill you through and through With a strange and speechless fear. ‘Tis the voice of the night that broods outside When folk should be asleep, And many and many’s the time I’ve cried To the darkness brooding far [...]

Continue Reading Eugene Field – THE NIGHT WIND POEM

O suns and skies and clouds of June, And flowers of June together, Ye cannot rival for one hour October’s bright blue weather. When loud the bumble-bee makes haste, Belated, thriftless, vagrant, And golden-rod is dying fast, And lanes with grapes are fragrant; When gentians roll their fringes tight To save them for the morning, [...]

Continue Reading HELEN HUNT JACKSON – OCTOBER’S BRIGHT BLUE WEATHER POEM

How beautiful is the rain! After the dust and heat, In the broad and fiery street, In the narrow lane, How beautiful is the rain! How it clatters along the roofs, Like the tramp of hoofs! How it gushes and struggles out From the throat of the overflowing spout! Across the window pane It pours [...]

Continue Reading HENRY W. LONGFELLOW – RAIN IN SUMMER POEM

Under the greenwood tree Who loves to lie with me, And tune his merry note Unto the sweet bird’s throat, Come hither, come hither, come hither! Here shall he see No enemy But winter and rough weather. Who doth ambition shun, And loves to live i’ the sun, Seeking the food he eats, And pleased [...]

Continue Reading WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE – UNDER THE GREENWOOD TREE POEM