In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Categories: Poetry
Tagged: defiance, fate, religion, William Ernest Henley
In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Categories: Poetry
Tagged: defiance, fate, religion, William Ernest Henley
Extinguish my eyes, I’ll go on seeing you.
Seal my ears, I’ll go on hearing you.
Categories: Poetry
Tagged: imagery, love poetry, mystic, Rainer Maria Rilke, religion, translation
The Latest Decalogue 0
Thou shalt have one God only; who
Would be at the expense of two?
Categories: Poetry
Tagged: Arthur Hugh Clough, dark humor, religion, rhyme, social commentary