Can anyone give me a really good poem or quote?

Question

Not too long though...thanks a lot!

Answer 1

Of all the words of tongue and pen, the saddest are: It might have been.

Answer 2

The Penitent
by Edna St. Vincent Millay


I had a little Sorrow,
Born of a little Sin,
I found a room all damp with gloom
And shut us all within;
And, "Little Sorrow, weep," said I,
"And, Little Sin, pray God to die,
And I upon the floor will lie
And think how bad I've been!"


Alas for pious planning —
It mattered not a whit!
As far as gloom went in that room,
The lamp might have been lit!
My Little Sorrow would not weep,
My Little Sin would go to sleep —
To save my soul I could not keep
My graceless mind on it!


So up I got in anger,
And took a book I had,
And put a ribbon on my hair
To please a passing lad.
And, "One thing there's no getting by —
I've been a wicked girl," said I;
"But if I can't be sorry, why,
I might as well be glad!"

Answer 3

"I can decribe life in three words: It goes on" -??????

Try Emily Dickison, Robert Frost, Edward Sill, Henry Longfellow, Rudyard Kipling, or whatsnot on poetry.
Try to google it. Quotes arn't hard to find. Maybe you can go to "goodquotes.com" but i think they are jokes. I havnt been there in a looong time.
good luck!
PS: my favorite poem (which i was forced to memorise in 7th grade) is "Captin, Oh Captin!" which talks about our 16th president being assenated after the war, but all in symbols.

"O CAPTAIN! my Captain! our fearful trip is done;
The ship has weather’d every rack, the prize we sought is won;
The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting,
While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring:
But O heart! heart! heart! 5
O the bleeding drops of red,
Where on the deck my Captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead.

2

O Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells;
Rise up—for you the flag is flung—for you the bugle trills; 10
For you bouquets and ribbon’d wreaths—for you the shores a-crowding;
For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning;
Here Captain! dear father!
This arm beneath your head;
It is some dream that on the deck, 15
You’ve fallen cold and dead.

3

My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still;
My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse nor will;
The ship is anchor’d safe and sound, its voyage closed and done;
From fearful trip, the victor ship, comes in with object won; 20
Exult, O shores, and ring, O bells!
But I, with mournful tread,
Walk the deck my Captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead"
---------------------------------------------------by Witman Walt

Answer 4

tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow
creeps in this petty pace from day to day
to the last syllable of recorded time
and all our yesterdays have lighted fools
the ay to dusty death. out, out brief candle
life's but a walking shadow; a poor player
that struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
and then is heard no more; it is a tale
told by an idiot, full of sound anf fury signifying nothing

-shakespeare

Answer 5

Anything by Oscar Wilde

Answer 6

NOTHING GOLD CAN STAY

Nature's first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf's a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.

Answer 7

If you accept the expectations of others, you can never change the outcome.

Michael Jordan

Answer 8

I certainly wouldn't want to belong to any club
who would have someone like me as a member

Answer 9

A loving heart is the truest wisdom.

Answer 10

Here's one of my favorite quotes from comedian Ron White..

"When life gives you lemons make lemonade; then find someone that live gave vodka to and have yourself a party."

Or on by Jim Croce...

"If you dig it do it...if you really dig it...do it twice."