Does anyone have any favorite poems, songs, or quotes to share?

Question

I would really like to hear some good poems. I have a project where I am to write down three favorite poems, quotes, or songs. I figured that I'd like to hear some other peoples favorites inorder to decide on my own. If u have any the u wrote or say urself I'd love to hear them.

Answer 1

What Gandalf said in "The Two Towers" made me realize I was against the death penalty:

"Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give that to them? Then be not too eager to deal out death in the name of justice, fearing for your own safety. Even the wise cannot see all ends."

Answer 2

Requiem by
Robert Louis Stevenson

UNDER the wide and starry sky
Dig the grave and let me lie:

Glad did I live and gladly die,
And I laid me down with a will.

This be the verse you grave for me:
Here he lies where he long'd to be;
Home is the sailor, home from sea,
And the hunter home from the hill.


Romance by
Robert Louis Stevenson

I WILL make you brooches and toys for your delight
Of bird-song at morning and star-shine at night.
I will make a palace fit for you and me,
Of green days in forests and blue days at sea.

I will make my kitchen, and you shall keep your room,
Where white flows the river and bright blows the broom,
And you shall wash your linen and keep your body white
In rainfall at morning and dewfall at night.

And this shall be for music when no one else is near,
The fine song for singing, the rare song to hear!
That only I remember, that only you admire,
Of the broad road that stretches and the roadside fire.


At the Sea-side
by Robert Louis Stevenson

WHEN I was down beside the sea
A wooden spade they gave to me
To dig the sandy shore.

My holes were empty like a cup.
In every hole the sea came up,
Till it could come no more.


Thursday
by Edna St. Vincent Millay

AND if I loved you Wednesday,
Well, what is that to you?
I do not love you Thursday--
So much is true.

And why you come complaining
Is more than I can see.
I loved you Wednesday,--yes--but what
Is that to me?


First Fig
by Edna St. Vincent Millay

MY CANDLE burns at both ends;
It will not last the night;
But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends--
It gives a lovely light!

Answer 3

Here's one I authored myself:

COLLECTING AN ERRANT THOUGHT.
________________________________

A person once asked himself: "Am I ambivalent?"
His answer? "Well, yes and no..."
I decided to ask myself: "Is this, too my sentiment?"
Well... Maybe not and maybe so...
My opinion of whether I am or not changes consistently.

Because of it I have a headache
THIS BIG
literally.

But a thought you see is not a thing but a thing you cannot see.
You can understand that figuratively...

It suddenly occurs to me- this irritating thought has an air of great stupidity.
But I'm sure that it could be surpassed: By discussing the relative merits of abstinence and sobriety,
With a lecherous lush who would only stare aghast,
bearing testament to my success,
As a failure... A moderate achievement at best...

If succeeding as a failure is the test,
It might give me cause to boast,
But doing so would violate the rule I follow most:

Nothing in excess...
Including moderation.

Which leads me to another thought...
A thought I've thought about alot...

Trying is the first step towards failure and once you realize it-
You'll see that if at first you don't succeed,
Before you fail at it concede,
And quit.

Answer 4

my fav song is definetely imagine by jon lennon because it radiates peace but my favorite qoute is the last line from ua midsummers night dream. i dont know why i like it it just jumped up at me when i read it:

"if us shadows have offended
think but this and all is mended
that you have but slumbered here
while these visions did appear
and this weak and idle theme
no more yeilding than a dream
gentles,do not reprehend
if you pardonwe will mend
and, as i am an honest puck
if we have unearned luck
now to scape the serpents tongue
we will make ammends ere long
else the puck a liar call
so goodnight unto you all
give me your hands (clap) if we be friends
and robin shall restore ammends"

Answer 5

i love the song from bonnie somerville, called winding road.
the beginning lyrics are just wonderful:

Well, the rain keeps on coming down
It feels like a flood in my head
And that road keeps on calling me
Screaming to everything lying ahead

And it's a winding road
I've been walking for a long time
I still don't know
Where it goes
And it's a long way home
I've been searching for a long time
I still have hope
I'm gonna find my way home


and a good quote that i like is:
"Human beings are the only creature on earth that allow their children to come back home."
-bill Cosby

Answer 6

What ever will be will be! Is one I like to use. If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. That is another one I like and it really works out that way.
My favorit song is "Can I have this dance for the rest of my life" as I have been happily married for 28 years and I would marry him over again.

Answer 7

Misery by Soul Asylum

They say misery loves company
We can start a factory & make misery

Frustrated Incorporated
I know just what you need
I might just have the thing
I know what you pay to feel
Put me out of my misery
I do it for you & you do it for me
We will always be happy
Making misery

Answer 8

Nos escapamos de la maldicion
sobre el vacio, sobre la ciudad
amor contra exterminio
y la verdad
robada
otra ves floreciendo,
mientras en la gran cruz
clavaban el amor,
lo prohibian,
nadie yo, nadie tu,
nadie nosotros,
nos defendimos brasa a brasa,
beso a beso.

-Pablo Neruda

Answer 9

this is my favorite poem that's not super long

"A Man Said To the Universe"
stephen crane

A man said to the universe,
"sir! i exist!"
"However, replied the universe, "the fact
has not created in me a sense of obligation."

and qoutes:


"Stevie Wonder picks out my clothes for me. "
Jade Puget

Answer 10

Every single line from "Demolition Lovers" by My Chemical Romance.