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Poems about Philosophy

• Clothes Chapter X

  And the weaver said, \

  by Khalil Gibran 12 lines, 2 comments
• Ch 01 Manner Of Kings Story 01

  I heard a padshah giving orders to kill a prisoner. The helpless
  fellow began to insult the king on that occasion of despair, with

  by Sa di 32 lines, 1 comment
• Truth

  "Truth," said a traveller,
  "Is a rock, a mighty fortress;

  by Stephen Maria Crane 17 lines, 8 comments
• Love and War

  Lovers all are soldiers, and Cupid has his campaigns:
  I tell you, Atticus, lovers all are soldiers.

  by Ovid 47 lines
• Not Intrigued With Evening

  What the material world values does
  not shine the same in the truth of the soul.

  by Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi 16 lines
• A man feared that he might find an assassin;

  A man feared that he might find an assassin;
  Another that he might find a victim.

  by Stephen Maria Crane 3 lines, 1 comment
• Lost Star

  When the creation was new and all the stars shone in their first
  splendor, the gods held their assembly in the sky and sang

  by Rabindranath Tagore 16 lines
• The impact of a dollar upon the heart

  The impact of a dollar upon the heart
  Smiles warm red light,

  by Stephen Maria Crane 22 lines
• There is a life-force within your soul

  There is a life-force within your soul, seek that life.
  There is a gem in the mountain of your body, seek that

  by Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi 4 lines
• Love And Death

  Death? is it death you give? So be it! O Death,
  thou hast been long my friend, and now thy pale

  by Francis William Lauderdale Adams 13 lines, 3 comments
• The Self We Share

  Thirst is angry with water. Hunger bitter
  with bread.

  by Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi 46 lines, 2 comments
• The Beauty Of Death XIV

  *Part One - The Calling*
  

  by Khalil Gibran 81 lines, 7 comments
• Work Chapter VII

  Then a ploughman said, \

  by Khalil Gibran 32 lines, 1 comment
• Poem 15

  LAMPS burn in every house, O blind one! and you cannot see them.
  One day your eyes shall suddenly be opened, and you shall see: and the fetters of death will f

  by Kabir 8 lines
• Crime And Punishment Chapter XII

  Then one of the judges of the city stood forth and said, "Speak to us of Crime and Punishment."
  And he answered saying:

  by Khalil Gibran 51 lines, 1 comment
• Long Life Not To Be Desired

              WHO, loving life, hath sought
              To outrun the appo

  by Sophocles 43 lines, 1 comment
• Prayer XXIII

  Then a priestess said, "Speak to us of Prayer."
  And he answered, saying:

  by Khalil Gibran 22 lines, 4 comments
• Supposing that I should have the courage

  Supposing that I should have the courage
  To let a red sword of virtue

  by Stephen Maria Crane 10 lines, 2 comments
• Love is Essential

  Love is essential.
  Sex, mere accident.

  by Fernando Pessoa 8 lines
• Assurance

  It sometimes happens that two friends will meet,
  And with a smile and touch of hands again

  by Sarah Orne Jewett 14 lines
• Poem 9

  WHERE Spring, the lord of the seasons, reigneth, there the Unstruck Music sounds of itself,
  There the streams of light flow in all directions;

  by Kabir 11 lines
• Buying And Selling Chapter XI

  And a merchant said, "Speak to us of Buying and Selling."
  And he answered and said:

  by Khalil Gibran 16 lines, 1 comment
• On the desert

  On the desert
  A silence from the moon's deepest valley.

  by Stephen Maria Crane 30 lines
• In the End

  In the end, the mountains of imagination were nothing
  but a house.

  by Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi 5 lines
• Poem 7

  O LORD Increate, who will serve Thee?
  Every votary offers his worship to the God of his own creation: each day he receives service--

  by Kabir 7 lines
• The Searchlights

  Shadow by shadow, stripped for fight,
  The lean black cruisers search the sea.

  by Alfred Noyes 42 lines
• Memory

  Late, late last night, when the whole world slept,
  Along to the garden of dreams I crept.

  by Zora Bernice May Cross 24 lines, 1 comment
• If You Show Patience

  If you show patience, I'll rid you of this virtue.
  If you fall asleep, I'll rub the sleep from your eyes.

  by Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi 4 lines, 1 comment
• At The Dawning Of The Day

  By Ribble's gleaming river
  The morning mists are grey,

  by Cicely Fox Smith 35 lines
• The Hill

  This normative hill
  like all others

  by Nissim Ezekiel 57 lines

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