Give me a land of boughs in leaf A land of trees that stand; Where trees are fallen there is grief; I love no leafless land.
Tags: inspirational, fall, autumn

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With Rue My Heart Is Laden With rue my heart is laden For golden friends I had, For many a rose-lipt maiden And many a lightfoot lad. By brooks too broad for leaping The lightfoot boys are laid; The rose-lipt girls are sleeping In fields where roses fade.
Tags: poetry, death
Stone, steel, dominions pass, Faith too, no wonder; So leave alone the grass That I am under.
Tags: stone, steel, grass, faith, dominion
You smile upon your friend to-day, To-day his ills are over; You hearken to the lover's say, And happy is the lover. 'Tis late to hearken, late to smile, But better late than never: I shall have lived a little while Before I die for ever.
Tags: life, death
Life, to be sure, is nothing much to lose, But young men think it is, and we were young.
Tags: youth, life, death
Now hollow fires burn out to black, And lights are fluttering low: Square your shoulders, lift your pack And leave your friends and go. O never fear, lads, naught’s to dread, Look not left nor right: In all the endless road you tread There’s nothing but the night.
Tags: inspirational, hope, future, fear, dread, death
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