From this day to the ending of the world, But we in it shall be remembered- We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; For he to-day that sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother; be he ne’er so vile, This day shall gentle his condition; And gentlemen in England now-a-bed Shall think themselves accurs’d they were not here, And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks That fought with us upon Saint Crispin’s day.
William Shakespeare
Related We few, we happy few, we band of brothers. For he today that sheds his blood with me shall be my bro... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE If today is not your day, then be happy for this day shall never return. And if to... KAMAND KOJOURI Beasts of England, beasts of Ireland, Beasts of every land and clime, Hearken to my joyful... GEORGE ORWELL I reached out my hand, England's rivers turned and flowed the other way... I reached out my han... SUSANNA CLARKE But first whom shall we send In search of this new world, whom shall we find Sufficient? W... JOHN MILTON How clear, how lovely bright, How beautiful to sight Those beams of morning play; Ho... A.E. HOUSMAN To-day I shall be strong, No more shall yield to wrong, Shall squander life no more; ... A.E. HOUSMAN So your flesh shall be part of mine And part of mine be yours. Brother and sister we shall b... WILLIAM EMPSON The King beneath the mountains, The King of carven stone, The lord of silver fountains J.R.R. TOLKIEN And the night shall be filled with music, And the cares, that infest the day, Shall fold ... HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW Here comes Monseiur Le Beau. Rosalind: With his mouth full of news. Celia: Which he will p... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Let the first act of every morning be to make the following resolve for the day: - I shal... MAHATMA GANDHI Petition me no petitions, sir, to-day; Let other hours be set apart for business. To-day it is... HENRY FIELDING Oh, oh, you will be sorry for that word! Give back my book and take my kiss instead. Was it m... EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY Truth And if sun comes How shall we greet him? Shall we not dread him,... GWENDOLYN BROOKS Not marble nor the gilded monuments Of princes, shall outlive this powerful rhyme, But you... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Behind him lay the gray Azores, Behind the gates of Hercules; Before him not the ghost of sho... JOAQUIN MILLER I am the sun and moon and forever hungry the sharpened edge where day and night shall... AUDRE LORDE The Hero Path We have not even to risk the adventure alone for the heroes of ... JOSEPH CAMPBELL Some day we will try To do as many things as are possible And perhaps we shall succeed at ... JOHN ASHBERY Penelope In the pathway of the sun, In the footsteps of the breeze, Where the... DOROTHY PARKER Fare well we call to hearth and hall Though wind may blow and rain may fall We must away e... J.R.R. TOLKIEN I WANT her though, to take the same from me. She touches me as if I were herself, her own. D.H. LAWRENCE So shall I fight, so shall I tread, In this long war beneath the stars; So shall a glory wreat... JOHN EDWARD MASEFIELD Shall a man grave his sorrows upon a stone when he hath but need to write them on the wate... H. RIDER HAGGARD Hard Wind Sister with iron hooves Together we shall travel steppes that no man nor mo... GREG KEYES He was a strong and noble lord with piercing eyes of grey. He sat upon his noble throne shinin... LAUREL A. ROCKEFELLER Tomorrow we shall meet, Death and I -. And he shall thrust his sword Into one who is wide ... DAG HAMMARSKJOLD I am a creature of the Fey Prepare to give your soul away My spell is passion and it is ... HEATHER ALEXANDER And when you crush an apple with your teeth, say to it in your heart: Your seeds shall li... KAHLIL GIBRAN In that last dance of chances I shall partner you no more. I shall watch anoth... ROBIN HOBB I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We... MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. Well, now If little by little you stop loving me I shall stop loving you Little by li... PABLO NERUDA Arise, arise, Riders of Théoden! Fell deeds awake, fire and slaughter! spear shall be sha... J.R.R. TOLKIEN Here at last We shall be free; the Almighty hath not built Here for his envy, will not driv... JOHN MILTON I shall now call myself; I shall now call. In the forest of my heart, seeing myself, ... SRI CHINMOY When we get out of the glass bottles of our ego, and when we escape like squirrels turning in t... D.H. LAWRENCE Lady of the silver moon Enchantress of the night Protect me and mine within this circle fa... MADELYN ALT In peace we play and freedom ring, Now let us enjoy a mantra to sing, Down here we know ... ANA CLAUDIA ANTUNES And who shall separate the dust What later we shall be: Whose keen discerning eye will scan GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON Must, bid the Morn awake! Sad Winter now declines, Each bird doth choose a mate; This da... MICHAEL DRAYTON The wretch, concentred all in self, Living, shall forfeit fair renown, And, doubly dying, ... WALTER SCOTT It's a beautiful day in this neighborhood, A beautiful day for a neighbor. Would you be mi... FRED ROGERS We shall be notes in that great Symphony Whose cadence circles through the rhythmic spheres, OSCAR WILDE Oh yet we trust that somehow good Will be the final goal of ill, To pangs of nature, sins ... ALFRED TENNYSON The Day is Done The day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings of Nig... HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW Who shall tell the lady's grief When her Cat was past relief? Who shall number the hot tea... CHRISTINA ROSSETTI He who leads Must then be strong and hopeful as the dawn That rises unafraid and full of joy<... ELLA WHEELER WILCOX I am larger, better than I thought; I did not know I held so much goodness. All seems bea... WALT WHITMAN If You Forget Me I want you to know one thing. You know how this is: PABLO NERUDA Shall we dance,friend of my heart?" We shall, little one. CHRISTOPHER PAOLINI A Pause of Thought I looked for that which is not, nor can be, And hope defer... CHRISTINA ROSSETTI Must, bid the Morn awake! Sad Winter now declines, Each bird doth choose a mate; This day's... MICHAEL DRAYTON I know it. I know I shall make beastly mistakes, Father-" "The world does not forgive mistakes ... LIBBA BRAY From the ashes a fire shall be woken, A light from the shadows shall spring; Renewed shall... J.R.R. TOLKIEN The Seven Commandments: Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy. Whatever goes upon four l... GEORGE ORWELL My angel, - his name is Freedom, Choose him to be your king; He shall cut pathways east and w... RALPH WALDO EMERSON I shall not dwell in the past... I shall not dread the present... I shall not fear the Fut... OSCAR TREJO JR. Despite those titles, power, and pelf, The wretch, concentred all in self, Living, shall for... SIR WALTER SCOTT Mephistopheles: Within the bowels of these elements, Where we are tortured and remain forever.<... CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE With proud thanksgiving, a mother for her children, England mourns for her dead across the sea.<... LAURENCE ROBERT BINYON I have a rendezvous with Death At some disputed barricade, When Spring comes back with rustlin... ALAN SEEGER Do me a favor, Ro,” Day said calmly. “What’s that?” Ronowski peeked around Johnso... A.E. VIA The minstrel fell but the foeman's chain could not break his proud soul under. The harp he lov... THOMAS MOORE And Caesar's spirit, raging for revenge, With Ate by his side come hot from hell, Shall in... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE I grow old … I grow old … I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled. Sha... T.S. ELIOT I sit beside the fire and think Of all that I have seen Of meadow flowers and butterflies... J.R.R. TOLKIEN ...I will not allow books to prove any thing." "But how shall we prove any thing?" "We nev... JANE AUSTEN Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright, The bridal of the earth and sky; The dew shall wee... GEORGE HERBERT On Love" For even as love crowns you, so shall he crucify you. Even as he is... KAHIIL GIBRAN But if you tame me, then we shall need each other. To me, you will be unique in all the world. ... ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPéRY A Woman's Question Do you know you have asked for the costliest thing Ever made by t... JOSHUA HARRIS A mighty monarch in the days of old Made offer of high honour, wealth and gold, To one who sho... ELLA WHEELER WILCOX A POCKET-SIZED GIRL He keeps me in his pocket for a rainy day; he swears I'm ... COCO J. GINGER Come, gentle night; come, loving, black-browed night; Give me my Romeo; and, when I shall die,<... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE All day long you sit and sew, Stitch life down for fear it grow, Stitch life down fo... EDITH SITWELL Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year. He is rich who owns the... RALPH WALDO EMERSON Though the last glimpse of Erin with sorrow I see, Yet wherever thou art shall seem Erin to me;... THOMAS MOORE Stop this day and night with me and you shall possess the origin of all poems, You shall posses... WALT WHITMAN Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven. Blessed are they that mour... ANONYMOUS Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough w... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Under the greenwood tree, Who loves to lie with me And tune his merry note, Unto the ... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE When by the Ruins oft I past My sorrowing eyes aside did cast And here and there the places s... ANNE DUDLEY BRADSTREET Lay down Your tired & weary head my friend. We have wept too long Night is fallin... JOSé N. HARRIS Love for the beauty of the soul. I shall love you always. When the flower of life has go... LAUREL A. ROCKEFELLER Patience, though I have not The thing that I require, I must of force, God wot, Forbear my... SIR THOMAS WYATT Brother—” “I thought we’d already decided we weren’t that, either.” MOLLY MCADAMS And now the measure of my song is done: The work has reached its end; the book is mine, ... OVID Not every day is awful. Not every day is good. Despite the way the hours pass I’m l... RICHELLE E. GOODRICH Queen of my tub, I merrily sing, While the white foam rises high, And sturdily wash, and r... LOUISA MAY ALCOTT If we shadows have offended, Think but this, and all is mended, That you have but slumber... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE You have heard about the reindeer that pull old Santa's sled. But mostly I hate Rudolph and wi... MARK W. BOYER From birth to death and further on As we were born and introduced into this world, W... VIRGIL KALYANA MITTATA IORDACHE I once was a stranger to grace and to God, I knew not my danger, and felt not my load; Tho... ROBERT MURRAY MCCHEYNE If I should die, think only this of me: That there's some corner of a foreign field That is fo... RUPERT BROOKE Marry me, Rachel.' 'Not yet.' 'Tomorrow, Rachel. Marry me.' 'Maybe ... EMMA RICHLER The Call Out of the nothingness of sleep, The slow dreams of Eternity, There wa... RUPERT BROOKE We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where... TS (THOMAS STEARNS) ELIOT We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive whe... T.S. ELIOT When he shall die, Take him and cut him out in little stars, And he will make the face of ... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
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I come t... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Yet the first bringer of unwelcome news
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... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE If thou art rich, thou'rt poor,
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It is too full o' th' milk of human kindness
To catch the nearest wa... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Have you the heart? When your head did but ache,
I knit my handkercher about your brows--
The... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE A little more than kin, and less than kind! WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE So full of artless jealousy is guilt, It spills itself in fearing to be spilt. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE O! beware, my lord, of jealousy; It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock The meat it feeds on. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE But jealous souls will not be answered so;
They are not ever jealous for the cause,
But jealou... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE O, beware, my lord, of jealousy!
It is the green-eyed monster, which doth mock
The meat it fee... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE I do beseech you--
Though I perchance am vicious in my guess
(As I confess it is my nature's p... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Never waste jealousy on a real man: it is the imaginary man that
supplants us all in the long run. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE If I shall be condemned
Upon surmises, all proofs sleeping else
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Are to the jealous confirmations strong
As proofs of holy writ. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 'Tis mad idolatry To make the service greater than the god. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE We defy augury. There's a special providence in the fall of a sparrow. If it be now, 'Tis not to com... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE My plenteous joys,
Wanton in fullness, seek to hide themselves
In drops of sorrow. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE For bonny sweet Robin is all my joy. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Through tattered clothes, small vices do appear. Robes and furred gowns hide all. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Sweet are the uses of adversity which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, wears yet a precious jewel ... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Children wish fathers looked but with their eyes; fathers that children with their judgment looked; ... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Yet 'tis greater skill
In a true hate to pray they have their will;
The very devils cannot pla... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE How use doth breed a habit in a man!
This shadowy desert, unfrequented woods,
I better brook t... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE The miserable have no other medicine But only hope. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE O world, world! thus is the poor agent despised. O traitors and bawds, how earnestly are you set a-w... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE We were not born to sue, but to command. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE