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• Tall ships and tall kings

  Tall ships and tall kings
  Three times three

  by J R R Tolkien 6 lines
• Lost Time

  On many an idle day have I grieved over lost time.
  But it is never lost, my lord.

  by Rabindranath Tagore 9 lines, 3 comments
• Love And Madness

  Hark ! from the battlements of yonder tower
  The solemn bell has tolled the midnight hour !

  by Thomas Campbell 72 lines
• There is a Community of Spirit

  There is a community of the spirit.
  Join it, and feel the delight

  by Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi 9 lines
• The Seed Market

  Can you find another market like this?
  Where,

  by Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi 30 lines
• I wouldn't want to die (Je voudrais pas crever)

  Before having known
  The black mexican dogs

  by Boris Vian 83 lines
• Reason And Passion XV

  And the priestess spoke again and said: "Speak to us of Reason and Passion."
  And he answered saying:

  by Khalil Gibran 16 lines
• Not Here

  There's courage involved if you want
  to become truth.

  by Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi 12 lines, 1 comment
• Freedom XIV

  And an orator said, \

  by Khalil Gibran 22 lines, 2 comments
• Three Flowers

  I made a little song about the rose
  And sang it for the rose to hear,

  by William Watson 20 lines, 1 comment
• The Criminal V

  A young man of strong body, weakened by hunger, sat on the walker's portion of the street stretching his hand toward all who passed, begging and repeating his h

  by Khalil Gibran 8 lines, 2 comments
• Good And Evil XXII

  And one of the elders of the city said, \

  by Khalil Gibran 29 lines
• Song Of The Soul XXII

  In the depth of my soul there is
  A wordless song - a song that lives

  by Khalil Gibran 58 lines, 1 comment
• Theme with Variations

  Whilst one might trace, with half an eye,
  The still triumphant carrot through

  by Lewis Carroll 16 lines
• Stream Of Life

  The same stream of life that runs through my veins night and day
  runs through the world and dances in rhythmic measures.

  by Rabindranath Tagore 9 lines
• If you Want What Visible Reality

  If you want what visible reality
  can give, you're an employee.

  by Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi 8 lines, 1 comment
• Talking XX

  And then a scholar said, "Speak of Talking."
  And he answered, saying:

  by Khalil Gibran 15 lines, 2 comments
• How Long

  How long will you think about this painful life?
  How long will you think about this harmful world?

  by Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi 5 lines
• Poem 5

  PLAYED day and night with my comrades, and now I am greatly afraid.
  So high is my Lord's palace, my heart trembles to mount its stairs: yet I must not be shy,

  by Kabir 5 lines
• Any Lifetime

  Any lifetime that is spent without seeing the master
  Is either death in disguise or a deep sleep.

  by Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi 4 lines, 2 comments
• The Eclipse

  I stood out in the open cold
  To see the essence of the eclipse

  by Richard Eberhart 6 lines
• The Palace And The Hut XXIX

  Part One
  

  by Khalil Gibran 6 lines, 3 comments
• Spirit's Song

  'Tis thy Spirit calls thee—come away!
  I have sought thee through the weary day,

  by Louisa Stuart Costello 26 lines
• The Life Of Love XVI

  Come, my beloved; let us walk amidst the knolls,
  For the snow is water, and Life is alive

  by Khalil Gibran 89 lines
• Madness of Love is no more

  mohabbat ka junuu.N baaqii nahii.n hai
  musalamaano.n me.n Khuun baaqii nahii.n hai

  by Muhammed Iqbal 8 lines, 1 comment
• Late, by Myself

  Late, by myself, in the boat of myself,
  no light and no land anywhere,

  by Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi 6 lines, 1 comment
• Poem 8

  THE river and its waves are one
  surf: where is the difference between the river and its waves?

  by Kabir 6 lines
• Any Soul That Drank the Nectar

  Any soul that drank the nectar of your passion was lifted.
  From that water of life he is in a state of elation.

  by Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi 4 lines
• The Remedy

  When you've failed with ordered people, when you've sunk neck-deep again
  In the sluggish wash and jetsam of the slackened tides of me

  by Harry Kemp 24 lines, 1 comment
• Carving A Name

  I wrote my name upon the sand,
  And trusted it would stand for aye;

  by Horatio Alger Jr 20 lines, 3 comments

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