The silence once golden buzzes in my ears, Greater than the noise of modern life, Of cars, of horns, of human screams, Of all the strife that life demands. An empty house is undecorated and forlorn. Without the solace of picture or word, The house is large and unexplored Or small and unadorned. What gathers … Continue reading
1 Though the day of my destiny’s over, And the star of my fate hath declined, Thy soft heart refused to discover The faults which so many could find; Though thy soul with my grief was acquainted, It shrunk not to share it with me, And the love which my spirit hath painted It … Continue reading
Brahma BY RALPH WALDO EMERSON If the red slayer think he slays, Or if the slain think he is slain, They know not well the subtle ways I keep, and pass, and turn again. Far or forgot to me is near; Shadow and sunlight are the same; The vanished gods to me appear; And … Continue reading
