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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