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The day was hotter than words can tell,So hot the jelly-fish wouldn't jell.The halibut went all to butter,And the catfish had only force to utterA..

WHAT song is in the sap of this brave oak-treeThat to the north-star faces,Ravened each June by caterpillar massesTill all its leaves are laces,Poor..

1899Who would trust England, let him lift his eyesTo Nelson, columned o'er Trafalgar Square,Her hieroglyph of duty, written whereThe roar of traffic..

Bodies glad, erect,Beautiful with youth,Life's elect,Nature's truth,Marching host on host,Those bright, unblemished ones,Manhood's boast,Feed them to..

WHITE year, white year,Muffled soft in snow,A diamond spray whose gems are goneBefore their grace we know,A crystal-coated spray whose hoursMelt when..

At the crowded gangway they kissed good-bye.He had half a mind to scold her.An officer's mother and not keep dryThe epaulet on his shoulder.He had..

Honor and pity for the smitten field,The valorous ranks mown down like precious corn,Whose want must famish love morn after morn,Till Death, the good..

My love, my love, if you could come once moreFrom your high place,I would not question you for heavenly lore,But, silent, take the comfort of your..

[sung to tune: "All Saints New"]Our fathers, in the years grown dim, reared slowly, wall by wallA holy dwelling-place for Him, that filleth all in..

The Old Year groaned as he trudged away,His guilty shadow black on the snow,And the heart of the glad New Year turned greyAt the road Time bade him..

THOUGH the winds but stir on their hoary thronesOf hemlock and pungent pine,All the whispering woodland tonesGossip of things divine, —Why God is..

O beautiful for spacious skies,For amber waves of grain,For purple mountain majestiesAbove the fruited plain!America! America!God shed His grace on..

One day, a woman cameCarrying in her armsHer dead child and kept it,With tears, at Buddha’s feet.She cried and begged,“Give life to my child, ”He..

Two friends went to a forest.One was very much honest,And the other one was very bad,Daily, for their livelihood.One day, they saw a wild bear,Almost..

Rajputs took ’Sati’ as a sacred oneFor any live widowed womanTo burn herself in the fireWith her husband in the pyreMeera was young still.Lo, it was..

It was a hell for Rana.He thought of Meera,Throughout the night,And didn’t take it light.His imagination ran riot.It became very difficultFor him now..

“Human mind slips downBut over a period, one canBring it high with diligenceBy one’s own intelligence.”There was a wealthy man,Who had an ambitious..

They visited Durga Temple.And worshiped the Idol.Meera offered her prayersTo fulfil her wishful desires.Rana was happy to hearHer every simple..

After the first public concertHis Guru once again thoughtTo have one more concertFor those in the royal Court.Everyone in the Royal CourtWas invited..

King of ThiruvanandapuramSwathi Thirunal by name,Wished to hear the Saint.So, an emissary he had sent.Vadivelu was his name,Who all the way cameTo..

Is the Black man’s blood black,Or the Black Crow’s blood black?Is the White Man’s blood white,Or the White Dove’s blood white?Why it’s red, any one..

Devadatta’s next planWas to push downA big boulder from the topTo crush Buddha into pulp.This plot also had failedAs Buddha had escapedWith a very..

The first Cousin, Devadatta,Was always jealous of Buddha.He told people, he was greater,And Buddha was not superior.King Bimbisara, the discipleOf..

Chinchamanaika, a woman,Was wicked like a demon.Dressed gorgeously she wentTo the monastery very late.Buddha had just finishedHis lectures and..

Buddha faced questionsFrom the intellectuals,Like “how the body differFrom the spirit that suffer? ”“What happens to the soul,After death of an..