"W. H. Davies, ""A poor life this, if, full of care, we have no time to stand and stare"". King Henry's Mound is inscribed with a few lines from Thomson's poem ""The Seasons"". Poet's Corner is linked to King Henry's Mound by The John Beer Laburnum Arch, named after one of Pembroke Lodge Gardens' former charge-hands. The arch has a display of yellow laburnum flowers in May. In 2002 a ""musical bench"", designed by Mil Stricevic, was placed in a favoured viewing spot of rock singer and lyricist Ian Dury (1942–2000) near Poet's Corner. On the back of the bench"
"Royal. He would also meet regularly with W. H. Hudson, Edward Garrett and others at The Mont Blanc in Soho. In his poetry Davies drew extensively for material on his experiences with the seamier side of life, but also on his love of nature. By the time of his prominent place in the Edward Marsh ""Georgian Poetry"" series, he was an established figure. He is generally best known for the opening two lines of the poem ""Leisure"", first published in ""Songs of Joy and Others"" in 1911: ""What is this life if, full of care / We have no time"
"temporal life can never properly be understood precisely because I can at no instant find complete rest in which to adopt a position: backwards. The English poet Christina Rossetti said the same thing in her poem Advent: ""The days are evil looking back, The coming days are dim; Yet count we not His promise slack, But watch and wait for Him."" If we want to look back to the age of Constantine The Great and start there in our search for Christianity we will go forward and think that an emperor can create millions of Christians by edict. Constantin Constantius"
"being the case, what is life for? What pleasure is there? For beauty and abundance, that is all. For music and sex, that is all. But the desire for beauty and abundance cannot always be satisfied, and music and sex cannot always be enjoyed. Besides, we are prohibited by punishment and exhorted by rewards, pushed by fame and checked by law. We busily strive for the empty praise which is only temporary, and seek extra glory that would come after death. Being alone ourselves, we pay great care to what our ears hear and what our eyes see, and are"
"Living one day at a time, Enjoying one moment at a time, Accepting hardship as a pathway to peace, Taking, as Jesus did, This sinful world as it is, Not as I would have it, Trusting that You will make all things right, If I surrender to Your will, So that I may be reasonably happy in this life, And supremely happy with You forever in the next. Amen.</poem> A version (apparently quoted from memory) appeared in the ""Queries and Answers"" column in ""The New York Times Book Review"", July 2, 1950, p. 23, asking for the author of the"
"of ours rests an abundance and liberty for all. It demands an end to poverty and racial injustice—a place where every child can find knowledge to enrich his mind and to enlarge his talents...It is a place where man is more concerned with the quality of his goals than the quantity of his goods. But most of all the Great Society is not a safe harbor, a resting place, a final objective, a finished product—it is a challenge constantly renewed, beckoning us towards destiny where the meaning of lives matches the marvelous product of our labor."" Nelson Jack Edwards, 57,"
"kind.<br> On thee, the portion of our time depends,<br> whose absence lengthens life, whose presence ends.<br> <br> Thy sleep perpetual bursts the vivid folds<br> by which the soul, attracting body holds :<br> common to all, of ev'ry sex and age,<br> for nought escapes thy all-destructive rage.<br> <br> Not youth itself thy clemency can gain, <br> vigorous and strong, by thee untimely slain. <br> In thee the end of nature’s works is known,<br> in thee all judgment is absolved alone. <br> No suppliant arts thy dreadful rage control, <br> no vows revoke the purpose of thy soul. <br> O blessed power,"
"vs pauſe, there's the reſpect<br> That makes calamitie of ſo long life:<br> For who would beare the whips and ſcorns of time,<br> Th'oppreſſors wrong, the proude mans contumly,<br> The pangs of deſpiz'd loue, the lawes delay,<br> The inſolence of office, and the ſpurnes<br> That patient merrit of the'vnworthy takes,<br> When he himſelfe might his quietas make<br> With a bare bodkin; who would fardels beare,<br> To grunt and ſweat vnder a wearie life,<br> But that the dread of ſomething after death,<br> The vndiſcouer'd country, from whose borne<br> No trauiler returnes, puzzels the will,<br> And makes vs rather beare thoſe ills we"
"""makes frantic clinging to earthly things completely pointless."" Pope Francis cited Ecclesiastes on his address on September 9, 2014. Speaking of vain people, he said, ""How many Christians live for appearances? Their life seems like a soap bubble."" Ecclesiastes has had a deep influence on Western literature. It contains several phrases that have resonated in British and American culture, such as ""eat, drink and be merry,"" ""nothing new under the sun,"" ""a time to be born and a time to die,"" and ""vanity of vanities; all is vanity."" American novelist Thomas Wolfe wrote: ""[O]f all I have ever seen or"
"cared for would return the favor. Men, however, did not care for each other because sickness created fear and disgust. God saw that men simply did not see that they could be happy, and he left them alone. Only in recent times have men finally realized that if they worked together and cared for each other, they could all achieve happiness. Work, Death, and Sickness ""Work, Death, and Sickness"", sometimes also translated as ""The Right Way"", is a short story by Russian author Leo Tolstoy written in 1903. The story takes the form of a parable about the creation of"
"if ""we own this whole world"", oblivious to the consequences and the end that awaits the individual in this life. Allison summarises the message to mean: ""karma is the law of our existence; substituting ego for God is our problem; we must prepare ourselves for death."" As with another Prabhupada-inspired track that he wrote during this period, ""Living in the Material World"", Harrison expresses his belief that the pursuit of fame and riches – particularly in the music industry – is meaningless. In the second verse of ""The Lord Loves the One"", he sings: ""We all fool around, with objectives"
"and diurnal Course, Thy daily straight and yearly oblique path, Thy pleasing fervour, and thy scorching force, All mortals here the feeling knowledge hath. Thy presence makes it day, thy absence night, Quaternal seasons caused by thy might: Hail Creature, full of sweetness, beauty, and delight. 7 Art thou so full of glory that no Eye Hath strength thy shining Rays once to behold? And is thy splendid Throne erect so high? As, to approach it, can no earthly mould. How full of glory then must thy Creator be? Who gave this bright light luster unto thee: Admir’d, ador’d for"
"of body, peace of mind, Quiet by day, Sound sleep by night; study and ease Together mix'd; sweet recreation, And innocence, which most does please, With meditation. Thus let me live, unseen, unknown; Thus unlamented let me die; Steal from the world, and not a stone Tell where I lie. </poem> Ode on Solitude ""Ode on Solitude"" is a poem by Alexander Pope, written when he was twelve years old, and widely included in anthologies. The title of this poem was also used by other poets, such as Joseph Warton. <poem> Happy the man, whose wish and care A few"
"a weary lover, [When light in the realms of space lay hidden, Ere flesh was fettered to fruits forbidden, Was the course foreshaped for the future spirit – A burden of folly, a void of merit – That would fain the wisdom of stars inherit, [Under the sea or the soil (what matter ? As in the former days in the latter Surely the sleeper shall not awaken To griefs forgotten or joys forsaken, For the price of all things given and taken, [Shall we count offences or coin excuses, Whom a strong hand binds and a sure hand looses,"
"for scars."" At the end of ""Rabbit's Feat"", a 1960 Bugs Bunny and Wile E. Coyote cartoon, Bugs quotes Hubbard by saying, ""Don't take life too seriously. You'll never get out of it alive."" The phrase ""The graveyards are full of indispensable men"" may have originated with Hubbard. A quote of Hubbard's from his biography of American automotive developer John North Willys, ""Do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing, and you’ll never be criticized."" is often misattributed to Aristotle. Elbert Hubbard Elbert Green Hubbard (June 19, 1856 – May 7, 1915) was an American writer, publisher, artist, and philosopher. Raised"
"Baba wrote: This New Life is endless, and even after my physical death it will be kept alive by those who live the life of complete renunciation of falsehood, lies, hatred, anger, greed and lust; and who, to accomplish all this, do no lustful actions, do no harm to anyone, do no backbiting, do not seek material possessions or power, who accept no homage, neither covet honor nor shun disgrace, and fear no one and nothing; by those who rely wholly and solely on God, and who love God purely for the sake of loving; who believe in the lovers"
"चुका, सकता न जन्म ले एक बार। <br> हे सर्व शक्तिमय परमेश्वर! हम हिंदुराष्ट्र के सभी घटक,<br> तुझको सादर श्रद्धा समेत, कर रहे कोटिशः नमस्कार।। तेरा ही है यह कार्य हम सभी, जिस निमित्त कटिबद्ध हुए;<br> वह पूर्ण हो सके ऐसा दे, हम सबको शुभ आशीर्वाद। <br> सम्पूर्ण विश्व के लिये जिसे, जीतना न सम्भव हो पाये;<br> ऐसी अजेय दे शक्ति कि जिससे, हम समर्थ हों सब प्रकार।। दे ऐसा उत्तम शील कि जिसके, सम्मुख हो यह जग विनम्र;<br> दे ज्ञान जो कि कर सके सुगम, स्वीकृत कन्टक पथ दुर्निवार। <br> कल्याण और अभ्युदय का, एक ही उग्र साधन है"
"lose, and having no time, we must scramble for our chances. We are too poor to be late. And thus it is that time goes try, while I give it to every querulous man who claims it, and thine altar is empty of all offerings to the last. At the end of the day I hasten in fear lest thy gate be shut; but if I find that yet there is time. In response to the announcement of the Nobel prize, Rabindranath sent a telegram saying, ""I beg to convey to the Swedish Academy my grateful appreciation of the breadth"
"an indifferent world. One can live meaningfully (free of despair and anxiety) in an unconditional commitment to something finite, and devotes that meaningful life to the commitment, despite the vulnerability inherent to doing so. Arthur Schopenhauer answered: ""What is the meaning of life?"" by stating that one's life reflects one's will, and that the will (life) is an aimless, irrational, and painful drive. Salvation, deliverance, and escape from suffering are in aesthetic contemplation, sympathy for others, and asceticism. For Friedrich Nietzsche, life is worth living only if there are goals inspiring one to live. Accordingly, he saw nihilism (""all that"
"Bed of roses Bed of roses is an English expression that represents a carefree life. This idiomatic expression is still popular. In the thirteenth-century work Le Roman de la Rose (called ""The French Iliad"" in Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable), a Lover recounts his dream of touring a garden and finding a beautiful bed of roses by the Fountain of Love. The expression is also used by later poets. Here is a line in Christopher Marlowe's poem ""The Passionate Shepherd to His Love"". This was published posthumously in 1599; Marlowe died in 1593, stabbed to death And I will"
"fate must rule our lives? That we must only lie as scattered leaves To be blown at fate’s slightest stir? O ! we cannot even call our lives our own Let alone wishing to live our way. O ! who was it who wrote “I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul.” When fate doth steer the ship of life. And when on two angels’ incensed wings His soul was brought to Heaven’s Door The narrow Gate did fling itself ajar And his noble soul became a Heaven’s star. O dear departed, death-deceived man"
"Night-Thoughts The Complaint: or, Night-Thoughts on Life, Death, & Immortality, better known simply as Night-Thoughts, is a long poem by Edward Young published in nine parts (or ""nights"") between 1742 and 1745. The poem is written in blank verse. It describes the poet's musings on death over a series of nine ""nights"" in which he ponders the loss of his wife and friends, and laments human frailties. The best-known line in the poem (at the end of ""Night I"") is the adage ""procrastination is the thief of time"", which is part of a passage in which the poet discusses how"
"of life, because it is not attainable, and therefore concluded that the wise person's only goal should be to become free from pain and sorrow. Since, too, every person is self-sufficient, all external goods were rejected as not being true sources of pleasure. Complete happiness cannot possibly exist; for that the body is full of many sensations, and that the mind sympathizes with the body, and is troubled when that is troubled, and also that fortune prevents many things which we cherished in anticipation; so that for all these reasons, perfect happiness eludes our grasp. Moreover, that both life and"
"who have ambitions and those who enjoy taking risks and I damn those who don’t flow with the times and those who are complacent about life, life between the stones. The universe is alive, loves life And pities the dead no matter how glorious. The horizon won’t embrace dead birds, and the bees won’t kiss dead flowers. Were it not for the motherhood of my adoring heart those holes wouldn’t have embraced the dead. Beware those who beware to those who don’t desire life from a slap of the victorious nothingness!” On one autumn night filled with sorrow and ennui"
"a personal and unhealthy manner. George Watson claims that the poem ""is the last pure example that Coleridge's poetry affords of the conversation poem [...] the poem is extravagant in its very being."" Rosemary Ashton believes that ""Though of course the poem is an epitaph for the passing of his poetic genius, it shows, as Coleridge is aware, 'momentary stars' of imaginative energy on his part, in response to the sustained 'Orphic song' of Wordsworth."" Adam Sisman describes the poem and its creation: ""Coleridge retired to his room and stayed up most of the night composing lines in which he"
"thank God that this is not the way it is. My love has only lost its worries and won joy, because I know that by my making every effort I still would be unable to preserve the good for him as securely as he himself will preserve it, and he must not thank me for it either, not because I am releasing him but because he owes me nothing at all."" Early existentialist writers developed their thinking along this same line of thought. Delmore Schwartz said, ""No one can take your bath for you."" Martin Heidegger said, ""No one can"
"As all of us, or black or white Beseech Thee now us to unite That all may seek this gift Thy Light The will to shine as one. Verse Four We beg thee now to show the way That all of us may kneel and pray And seek and keep from day to day The will to shine as one. </poem> Renowned academics like Prof. M.A.B Ogakwu (medicine), Dr. Odi Anasi (medicine), Chukwuedu Nwokolo (medicine), Gaius Igboeli (Agriculture), Paul Chuke (Neurology), Wilfred Chukudebelu (Medicine), Benjamin Anyanwu (Neurologist and Stroke Specialist), Bassey Andah (Archeologist/Anthropologist), Donald Ekong (Chemistry), Eugene Arene (Chemistry), Fidelis"
"A Question (poem) ""A Question"" is a poem by Robert Frost, first published in 1942 in ""A Witness Tree"". <poem> A voice said, Look me in the stars And tell me truly, men of earth, If all the soul-and-body scars Were not too much to pay for birth. </poem> While it is not long, many different interpretations exist for this poem. Many think that this poem stands for one's reflection on their past life. The poem questions whether you valued your life over death or, worse, never having been born. Did you in fact see life for all of its"
"went forth, Their speed by Good-Humour increased, And they said to each child of the universe, ""Come! And let none be shut out from the feast!"" ""Come, come"" said King Labour, ""Earth's treasures are mine, Bid the tyrants of earth to beware; Their bride may be Death, if they court Famine's hand, For still there's the Sword of Despair.""</poem> The bulk of this biography is sourced from the following two books:- Note that his autobiography has also been reprinted in the following collection of poems:- Working-class writers John Bedford Leno John Bedford Leno (29 June 1826 – 31 October 1894)"
"Nun bist du bezwungen! Mit Flügeln, die ich mir errungen, In heißem Liebesstreben, Werd' ich entschweben Zum Licht, zu dem kein Aug' gedrungen! Sterben werd' ich, um zu leben! Aufersteh'n, ja aufersteh'n wirst du, mein Herz, in einem Nu! Was du geschlagen zu Gott wird es dich tragen! —Gustav Mahler</poem> <poem style=""margin-left:2em; float:left;"">In English Rise again, yes, rise again, Will you My dust, After a brief rest! Immortal life! Immortal life Will He who called you, give you. To bloom again were you sown! The Lord of the harvest goes And gathers in, like sheaves, Us together, who died. O"
"Joan fought for. The last stanzas are a prayer that all of the people will turn to God and live in peace. In her final lines Christine states ""But I understand that some people may not be satisfied with it's contents"" which has led to speculation that perhaps Christine could not freely write all that she wished to impart to her readers in the poem. She states, ""for if one's head is lowered and one's eyes are heavy one cannot look at the light."" Then finally: ""Here ends a most beautiful poem written by Christine."" Kevin Brownlee, who has written"
"""is"" no escape from the 'woe' that 'shall this generation waste,' but the action of time can be confronted and seen in its proper proportions. To enable its readers to do this is the special function of poetry."" Ronald Sharp followed in 1979 with a claim that the theme of ""the relationship between life and art ... receives its most famous, and its most enigmatic and controversial, treatment"" within the poem. In 1983, Vendler praised many of the passages within the poem but argued that the poem was unable to fully represent what Keats wanted: ""The simple movement of entrance"
"All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace ""All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace"" is a poem by Richard Brautigan first published in his 1967 collection of the same name, his fifth book of poetry. It is an enthusiastic description of a technological utopia in which machines improve and protect the lives of humans. It is Brautigan's most frequently reprinted poem. The poem describes a world in which ""mammals and computers live together in mutually programming harmony"", with technology acting as caretakers while ""we are free of our labors and joined back to nature."" Most critics take the"