Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim Because it was grassy …
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Invictus – William Ernest Henley
Posted on October 19, 2009
Out of the night that covers me, Black as the Pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul. In the fell clutch of circumstance I have not winced nor cried aloud. Under the bludgeonings of chance My head is bloody, but unbowed. Beyond this place of wrath and …
Ulysses – Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Posted on October 15, 2009
Come, my friends, ‘Tis not too late to seek a newer world. Push off, and sitting well in order smite The sounding furrows; for my purpose holds To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths Of all the western stars, until I die. It may be that the gulfs will wash us down: It may …
My Creed – Edgar Albert Guest
Posted on October 15, 2009
To live as gently as I can; To be, no matter where, a man; To take what comes of good or ill And cling to faith and honor still; To do my best, and let that stand The record of my brain and hand; And then, should failure come to me, Still work and hope …
Code of Life
Posted on October 15, 2009
“Do what thy manhood bids thee do from none but self expect applause; He noblest lives and noblest dies, who makes and keeps his selfmade law.” The Kasidah of Haji Abdu El-Yezdi by Sir Richard Francis Burton Related Posts:No Related Posts