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April 5, 2026
"Red" (Excerpt) by Eugene Field
ANY color, so long as it’s red, Is the color that suits me best, Though I will allow there is much to be said For yellow and green and the rest; But the feeble tints which some affect In the things they make or buy Have never...
March 29, 2026
"When You Are Old" by William Butler Yeats
When you are old and grey and full of sleep, And nodding by the fire, take down this book, And slowly read, and dream of the soft look Your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep; How many loved your moments of glad grace, ...
March 22, 2026
"Love" Quatrain by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Love on his errand bound to go Can swim the flood and wade through snow, Where way is none, ’t will creep and wind And eat through Alps its home to find.
March 15, 2026
"The Scorpion" by Hilaire Belloc
The Scorpion is as black as soot, He dearly loves to bite; He is a most unpleasant brute To find in bed, at night.
March 8, 2026
"The World" (Excerpt) by George Herbert
Love built a stately house, where Fortune came, And spinning fancies, she was heard to say That her fine cobwebs did support the frame, Whereas they were supported by the same; But Wisdom quickly swept them all away.
March 1, 2026
"The Half-Moon Westers Low, My Love" by A. E. Housman
The half-moon westers low, my love, And the wind brings up the rain; And wide apart lie we, my love, And seas between the twain. I know not if it rains, my love, In the land where you do lie; And oh, so sound you sleep, my lo...
Recent Blog Posts
April 5, 2026
A Critical Eye: Eugene Field's "Red" (Excerpt)
A prolific poet and humorist in the late 19th century, Eugene Field was affectionately known as the "Poet of Childhood." First published in his 1892 collection A Second Book of Verse, "Red" is a multi-stanza work that is often distilled down to this…
March 29, 2026
The Pilgrim Soul: William Butler Yeats's "When You Are Old"
Published in his 1893 collection The Rose, "When You Are Old" is one of the most poignant works of William Butler Yeats, a titan of 20th-century Irish literature. Written during his intense and often unrequited pursuit of the Irish revolutionary Mau…
March 22, 2026
The Relentless Journey: Ralph Waldo Emerson's "Love" Quatrain
First published in his 1867 collection May-Day and Other Pieces, this concise quatrain highlights the transcendentalist philosophy of Ralph Waldo Emerson. As a central figure in the 19th-century American Transcendentalist movement, Emerson’s w…