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").

Fishing Nooks

'Men will grow weary,' said the Lord,'Of working for their bed and board.They'll weary of the money chaseAnd want to find a resting placeWhere hum of..

© Edgar Albert Guest

Preparedness

Right must not live in idleness,Nor dwell in smug content;It must be strong, against the throngOf foes, on evil bent.Justice must not a weakling..

© Edgar Albert Guest

My Paw Said So

Foxes can talk if you know how to listen,My Paw said so.Owls have big eyes that sparkle an' glisten,My Paw said so.Bears can turn flip-flaps an'..

© Edgar Albert Guest

Little Master Mischievous

Little Master Mischievous, that's the name for you;There's no better title that describes the things you do:Into something all the while where you..

© Edgar Albert Guest

An Easy World

It's an easy world to live in if you choose to make it so;You never need to suffer, save the griefs that all must know;If you'll stay upon the level..

© Edgar Albert Guest

About Boys

Show me the boy who never threwA stone at someone's cat;Or never hurled a snowball swiftAt someone's high silk hat.Who never ran away from school,To..

© Edgar Albert Guest

Songs Of Rejoicing

Songs of rejoicin',Of love and of cheer,Are the songs that I'm yearnin' forYear after year.The songs about childrenWho laugh in their gleeAre the..

© Edgar Albert Guest

The Cookie Jar

You can rig up a house with all manner of things,The prayer rugs of sultans and princes and kings;You can hang on its wall the old tapestries..

© Edgar Albert Guest

The Greater Self

This came to pass. After the coronation of Nufsibaal King of Byblus, he retired to his bed-chamber—the very room which the three hermit-magicians of..

© Kahlil Gibran

On Friendship

Your friend is your needs answered.He is your field which you sow with love and reap with thanksgiving.And he is your board and your fireside.For you..

© Kahlil Gibran

The Scarecrow

Once I said to a scarecrow, 'You must be tired of standing in thislonely field.'And he said, 'The joy of scaring is a deep and lasting one, and..

© Kahlil Gibran

The Two Hermits

Upon a lonely mountain, there lived two hermits who worshipped Godand loved one another.Now these two hermits had one earthen bowl, and this was..

© Kahlil Gibran

The Madman - His Parables And Poems

You ask me how I became a madman. It happened thus: One day, longbefore many gods were born, I woke from a deep sleep and found allmy masks were..

© Kahlil Gibran

Give Me The Flute

Give me the flute, and singimmortality lies in a songand even after we've perishedthe flute continues to lamenthave you taken refuge in the woodsaway..

© Kahlil Gibran

Love Chapter Ii

Then said Almitra, 'Speak to us of Love.'And he raised his head and looked upon the people, and there fell a stillness upon them.And with a great..

© Kahlil Gibran

On Giving And Taking

Once there lived a man who had a valley-full of needles. And oneday the mother of Jesus came to him and said: 'Friend, my son'sgarment is torn and I..

© Kahlil Gibran

The Hymn Of Man

I was,And I am.So shall I be to the end of time,For I am without end.I have cleft the vast spaces of the infinite, andTaken flight in the world of..

© Kahlil Gibran

Song Of The Rain Vii

I am dotted silver threads dropped from heavenBy the gods. Nature then takes me, to adornHer fields and valleys.I am beautiful pearls, plucked from..

© Kahlil Gibran

The Coming Of The Ship

Almustafa, the chosen and the beloved, who was a dawn onto his own day, had waited twelve years in the city of Orphalese for his ship that was to..

© Kahlil Gibran

The House Of Fortune Iii

My wearied heart bade me farewell and left for the House of Fortune. As he reached that holy city which the soul had blessed and worshipped, he..

© Kahlil Gibran

The Sleep-Walkers

In the town where I was born lived a woman and her daughter, whowalked in their sleep.One night, while silence enfolded the world, the woman and..

© Kahlil Gibran

On Religion

And an old priest said, 'Speak to us of Religion.'And he said:Have I spoken this day of aught else?Is not religion all deeds and all reflection,And..

© Kahlil Gibran

Song Of Man Xxv

I was here from the moment of theBeginning, and here I am still. AndI shall remain here until the endOf the world, for there is noEnding to my..

© Kahlil Gibran

The Widow And Her Son Xxi

Night fell over North Lebanon and snow was covering the villages surrounded by the Kadeesha Valley, giving the fields and prairies the appearance of..

© Kahlil Gibran

Two Infants Ii

A prince stood on the balcony of his palace addressing a great multitude summoned for the occasion and said, "Let me offer you and this whole..

© Kahlil Gibran