P.C. Home Page Recent Additions   Poets: A B C D E F G H ... Y Z To The Sun-Dial U NDER the Window of the Hall of the House   of Representatives of the United States - Thou silent herald of Time's silent flight! 
 -  Say, could'st thou speak, what warning voice were thine? 
-  Shade, who canst only show how others shine! 
  - Dark, sullen witness of resplendent light 
- In day's broad glare, and when the noontide bright 
  -  Of laughing fortune sheds the ray divine, 
-  Thy ready favors cheer usbut decline 
  - The clouds of morning and the gloom of night. 
- Yet are thy counsels faithful, just, and wise; 
  -  They bid us seize the moments as they pass 
 - Snatch the retrieveless sunbeam as it flies, 
 -  Nor lose one sand of life's revolving glass 
 - Aspiring still, with energy sublime, 
- By virtuous deeds to give eternity to Time. 
  - John Quincy Adams   
  
 The Wants of Man - "M AN wants but little here below, 
 -  Nor wants that little long." 
 - 'Tis not with me  exactly so; 
 -  But 'tis so in the song. 
 - My  wants are many and, if told, 
 -  Would muster many a score; 
 - And were each wish a mint of gold, 
 -  I still should long for more.
 
 
 
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