Section: «Poems»

Verse (ancient Greek ὁ στίχος — row, structure), a term in versification used in several meanings: artistic speech organized by division into rhythmically commensurate segments; poetry in the narrow sense; in particular, it implies the properties of versification of a particular tradition ("antique verse", "Akhmatova's verse", etc.); a line of poetic text organized according to a certain rhythmic pattern ("My uncle of the most honest rules").

A Poet's Voice Xv

Part OneThe power of charity sows deep in my heart, and I reap and gather the wheat in bundles and give them to the hungry.My soul gives life to the..

© Kahlil Gibran

Joy And Sorrow Chapter Viii

Then a woman said, 'Speak to us of Joy and Sorrow.'And he answered:Your joy is your sorrow unmasked.And the selfsame well from which your laughter..

© Kahlil Gibran

Freedom Xiv

And an orator said, 'Speak to us of Freedom.'And he answered:At the city gate and by your fireside I have seen you prostrate yourself and worship..

© Kahlil Gibran

Before The Throne Of Beauty Xxvi

One heavy day I ran away from the grim face of society and the dizzying clamor of the city and directed my weary step to the spacious alley. I..

© Kahlil Gibran

Beauty Xxv

And a poet said, 'Speak to us of Beauty.'Where shall you seek beauty, and how shall you find her unless she herself be your way and your guide?And..

© Kahlil Gibran

Friendship Ixx

And a youth said, 'Speak to us of Friendship.'Your friend is your needs answered.He is your field which you sow with love and reap with..

© Kahlil Gibran

A Tear And A Smile

I would not exchange the sorrows of my heartFor the joys of the multitude.And I would not have the tears that sadness makesTo flow from my every part..

© Kahlil Gibran

Children

And a woman who held a babe against her bosom said, 'Speak to us of Children.'And he said:Your children are not your children.They are the sons and..

© Kahlil Gibran

On Pain

Your pain is the breaking of the shell that enclosesyour understanding.Even as the stone of the fruit must break, that itsheart may stand in the sun..

© Kahlil Gibran

A Lover's Call Xxvii

Where are you, my beloved? Are you in that littleParadise, watering the flowers who look upon youAs infants look upon the breast of their mothers?Or..

© Kahlil Gibran

A New Year's Plea

Lord, let me stand in the thick of the fight,Let me bear what I must without whining;Grant me the wisdom to do what is right,Though a thousand false..

© Edgar Albert Guest

Influence

This I think as I go my way:What can matter the words I say,And what can matter the false or trueOf any deed I am moved to do?This I think as I go..

© Edgar Albert Guest

Faith

This much I know:God does not wrong us here,Though oft His judgments seem severeAnd reason falters 'neath the blow,Some day we'll learn 'twas better..

© Edgar Albert Guest

Clinching The Bolt

It needed just an extra turn to make the bolt secure,A few more minutes on the job and then the work was sure;But he begrudged the extra turn, and..

© Edgar Albert Guest

Bulb Planting Time

Last night he said the dead were deadAnd scoffed my faith to scorn;I found him at a tulip bedWhen I passed by at morn.'O ho!' said I, 'the frost is..

© Edgar Albert Guest

Out Fishin'

A feller isn't thinkin' mean,Out fishin';His thoughts are mostly good an' clean,Out fishin'.He doesn't knock his fellow men.,Or harbor any grudges..

© Edgar Albert Guest

Example

Perhaps the victory shall not come to me,Perhaps I shall not reach the goal I seek,It may be at the last I shall be weakAnd falter as the promised..

© Edgar Albert Guest

Accomplished Care

All things grow lovely in a little while,The brush of memory paints a canvas fair;The dead face through the ages wears a smile,And glorious becomes..

© Edgar Albert Guest

Memory

I stood and watched him playing,A little lad of three,And back to me came strayingThe years that used to be;In him the boy was MayingWho once..

© Edgar Albert Guest

The Graduation Dress

I'M not kicking on expenses, now the sewing time commences,I will buy chiffon and laces till they say they've got enough;Sure her dress for..

© Edgar Albert Guest

Bob White

Out near the links where I go to playMy favorite game from day to day,There's a friend of mine that I've never metWalked with or broken bread with..

© Edgar Albert Guest

Committee Meetings

For this and that and various thingsIt seems that men must get together,To purchase cups or diamond ringsOr to discuss the price of leather.From nine..

© Edgar Albert Guest

History Teaches

CAESAR did a few things,Horace wrote in style,Good old Plato knew thingsVery much worth while.Famous AristotleHad the master's touch;Blow this in..

© Edgar Albert Guest

Out Of It All

Out of it all shall come splendor and gladness;Out of the madness and out of the sadness,Clearer and finer the world shall arise.Why then keep sorrow..

© Edgar Albert Guest

Little Girls Are Best

Little girls are mighty nice,Take 'em any way they come;They are always worth their price;Life without 'em would be glum;Run earth's lists of..

© Edgar Albert Guest