This is my favorite verse from a poem by William Blake:
To see a world in a grain of sand
and a heaven in a wild flower
hold infinity in the palm of your hand
and eternity in an hour.
Also, this is a poem about Aragorn in the Lord of the rings, but it's a little more than just a character description to me:
All that is gold does not glitter
not all those who wander are lost
the old who is strong does not wither
deep roots are not reached by the frost
from the ashes a fire shall be woken
a light from the shadow shall spring
renewed shall be blade that was broken
the crown less again shall be king
2007-03-15 03:05:14
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answered by MB1810 5
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I still remember this William Wordsworth poem from when I read it, and many others, almost 20 years ago in college. I don't remember the many others. I found it most recently on Bartleby.com.
"THE WORLD IS TOO MUCH WITH US; LATE AND SOON"
THE world is too much with us; late and soon,
Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers:
Little we see in Nature that is ours;
We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon!
The Sea that bares her bosom to the moon;
The winds that will be howling at all hours,
And are up-gathered now like sleeping flowers;
For this, for everything, we are out of tune;
It moves us not.--Great God! I'd rather be
A Pagan suckled in a creed outworn;
So might I, standing on this pleasant lea,
Have glimpses that would make me less forlorn;
Have sight of Proteus rising from the sea;
Or hear old Triton blow his wreathed horn.
1806.
More recently I heard "Sometimes we don't talk much, Debbie and I" by Greg Kosmicki on the daily podcast "The Writer's Almanac" (which is a great place to hear and/or read poems everyday). It brought me to poetry more than any of those classes back in high school and college. I've now begun to seek poetry -- on the web, at the library, in magazines.
2007-03-15 09:36:09
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answered by Donna 1
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If
by Rudyard Kipling
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or, being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or, being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise;
If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;
If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with triumph and disaster
And treat those two imposters just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with wornout tools;
If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breath a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on";
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with kings - nor lose the common touch;
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run -
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man my son!
Means so much to me...just read line for line...
2007-03-15 07:58:09
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answered by Tommy M 1
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Tintern Abbey by Wordsworth
Ulysses by Tennyson
Among School Children by Yeats
2007-03-17 02:12:22
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answered by Berta 3
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1. Create In Me a Pure Heart, Oh, Lord.
2. Majesty
3. Lord I Come to You
2007-03-15 10:13:26
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answered by wilma m 6
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Poem my daughter wrote for me for Mother';s day. It was a tribute to me as a mom and as a woman. Helped me get through some rough times this past year,
2007-03-18 05:01:35
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answered by mysweetluvie 4
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i dont remember the poem and nor did it actually touch me deeply but it had a VERY deep meaning hidden in its words.its "The road not taken" written by Robert Frost.
2007-03-15 07:57:30
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answered by namandedarklord 1
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do not neglect the gift that is in you,
which was given to you through prophecy
with the laying on of hands by the council of elders.
put these things into practice,
devote yourself to them,
so that all may see your progress.
pay close attention to yourself
and to your teaching
continue in these things,
for in doing this you will save both yourself and your hearers.(1timothy4:14-16)
REFLECT.
2007-03-17 07:07:37
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answered by Anonymous
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hey do your own home work.
2007-03-15 07:57:47
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answered by Anonymous
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