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I am the Teacher of Athletes

I am the teacher of athletes;
He that by me spreads a wider breast than…
By Walt Whitman
Poetry

An Inscription

A conqueror as provident as brave,
He robbed the cradle to supply the grave.
His…
By Ambrose Bierce
Portrait of Vsevolod Garshin by Ilya Repin
Poetry

The Dark Hours of My Being

I love the dark hours of my being.
My mind deepens into them.
There I…
By Rainer Maria Rilke
Poetry

If You Forget Me

I want you to know
one thing. You know how this is:
if I look…
By Pablo Neruda
Poetry

A Garden by the Sea

I know a little garden-close
Set thick with lily and red rose,
Where I would…
By William Morris
Poetry

Milton’s Prayer of Patience

I am old and blind!
Men point at me as smitten by God’s frown;
Afflicted…
By Elizabeth (Lloyd) Howell
Poetry

They Flee from Me

They flee from me that sometime did me seek
With naked foot, stalking in my…
By Sir Thomas Wyatt
This Living Hand by Rembrandt (1666)
Poetry

This Living Hand

This living hand, now warm and capable
Of earnest grasping, would, if it were cold…
By John Keats
Poetry

The Annunciation

She bows her head
Submissive, yet
Her downcast glance
Asks the angel, “Why,
For this…
By Samuel Menashe
Poetry

So, What is Love, Then?

Your voice, your eyes, your hands, your lips… Our silences, our words… Light that goes,…
By Paul Eluard
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