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"Ah, Sun-flower, weary of time,
Who countest the steps of the sun,
Seeking after that sweet golden clime
Where the traveller's journey is done;

Where the Youth pined away with desire,
And the pale Virgin shrouded in snow,
Arise from their graves, and aspire
Where my Sun-flower wishes to go.
~~William Blake

It was many and many a year ago,
    In a kingdom by the sea,
That a maiden there lived whom you may know
    By the name of Annabel Lee;
And this maiden she lived with no other thought
    Than to love and be loved by me...

For the moon never beams, without bringing me    dreams
    Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And the stars never rise, but I feel the bright eyes
    Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side
Of my darling-my darling-my life and my bride,
     In my sepulchre there by the sea,
     In her tomb by the sounding sea.
                                ~~Edgar Allan Poe

You are not wrong, who deem
That my days have been a dream;
Yet if hope has flown away
In a night, or in a day,
In a vision, or in none,
Is it therefore the less gone?
All that we see or seem
Is but a dream within a dream...

~~Edgar Allan Poe

..."Over the Mountains / Of the Moon,
Down the Valley of the Shadow,
Ride, boldly ride," / The shade replied,-
"If you seek for Eldorado!"
~~Edgar Allan Poe

Hold fast to dreams / For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird / That cannot fly.

Hold fast to dreams / For when dreams go
Life is a barren field / Frozen with snow.
~~Langston Hughes

Swift things are beautiful;
Swallows and deer,
And lightning that falls
Bright-veined and clea,
Rivers and meteors,
Wind in the wheat,
The strong-withered horse,
The runner's sure feet.

And slow things are beautiful:
The closing of day,
The pause of the wave
That curves downward to spray,
The ember that crumbles,
The opening flower,
And the ox that moves on
In the quiet of power.
~~~Elizabeth Coatsworth

Little Miss Muffet / Crouched on a tuffet,
Collecting her shell-shocked wits.
There dropped (from a glider) / An H-bomb beside her-
Which frightened Miss Muffet to bits.
~~Paul Dehn

My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun;
Coral is far more red then her lips' red:...
I have seen roses damask'd, red and white,
But no such roses see I in her cheeks;
And in some perfumes is there more delight
Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks...
And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare
As any she belied with false compare.
~~William Shakespeare

I stood there watching as you walked away
There was nothing to say
Every protest exhausted

And as you left I felt my world turn grey.
We both knew you must go
As we both knew that I must stay.

~~~Jess Mills

Give me your trust, said the queen on her throne.
For I must bear the burden all alone.
Trust me to lead and to judge and to rule,
And no man will think you a fool.
      But trust is the sound of the grave-dog's bark.
      Trust is the sound of betrayal in the dark.
      Trust is the sound of a soul's last breath.
      Trust is the sound of death.
                              ~~~ Robert Jordan

"Before you criticize someone, walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes." ~~Ann Brashares

"Map out your future, but do it in pencil." ~~Jon Bon Jovi

"The key to success? Work hard, stay focused and marry a Kennedy."
~~Arnold Schwarzenegger

"All great art comes from a sense of outrage." ~~Glenn Close

"Wisdom comes with age, but keep it to yourself" ~~Mary Roach

"Happiness hides in life's small details. If you're not looking, it becomes invisible." ~~Joyce Brothers

"Communism doesn't work because people like to own stuff." ~~Frank Zappa

"Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance." ~~Dave Barry

"Responsible, who wants to be responsible? Whenever something bad happens, it's always, who's responsible for this?"
~~Jerry Seinfeld

"Tests of love always end badly." ~~Melanie Thernstrom

"A lot of good things have come out of dreaming." ~~Arthur Miller

"A computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any invention in human history--with the possible exceptions of handguns and tequila." ~~Mitch Ratcliffe

"What a child doesn't receive he can seldom later give." ~~PD James

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