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Joy and Sorrow chapter VIII

© Khalil Gibran

Then a woman said, "Speak to us of Joy and Sorrow."

Joseph Winlock

© James Russell Lowell

Shy soul and stalwart, man of patient will

Through years one hair's-breadth on our Dark to gain,

Houses chapter IX

© Khalil Gibran

A mason came forth and said, "Speak to us of Houses."

Good and Evil XXII

© Khalil Gibran

And one of the elders of the city said, "Speak to us of Good and Evil."

Giving chapter V

© Khalil Gibran

Then said a rich man, "Speak to us of Giving."

Now Close The Windows

© Robert Frost

Now close the windows and hush all the fields:
If the trees must, let them silently toss;
No bird is singing now, and if there is,
Be it my loss.

Friendship IXX

© Khalil Gibran

And a youth said, "Speak to us of Friendship."

La Pipe (The Pipe)

© Charles Baudelaire

Je suis la pipe d'un auteur;
On voit, à contempler ma mine
D'Abyssinienne ou de Cafrine,
Que mon maître est un grand fumeur.

Freedom XIV

© Khalil Gibran

And an orator said, "Speak to us of Freedom."

Eating and Drinking chapter VI

© Khalil Gibran

Then an old man, a keeper of an inn, said, "Speak to us of Eating and Drinking."

The Burial: In Memory of W.L.E.

© Leon Gellert

What task is this that so unnerves me now?

When pity should be dead, and has been dead.

Death XXVII

© Khalil Gibran

Then Almitra spoke, saying, "We would ask now of Death."

By The River II

© Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

WHEN by the broad stream thou dost dwell,

Oft shallow is its sluggish flood;

Crime and Punishment chapter XII

© Khalil Gibran

Then one of the judges of the city stood forth and said, "Speak to us of Crime and Punishment."

The First Waits

© Dinah Maria Mulock Craik

SO, Christmas is here again!--
While the house sleeps, quiet as death,
'Neath the midnight moon comes the Waits' shrill tune,
And we listen and hold our breath.

Clothes chapter X

© Khalil Gibran

And the weaver said, "Speak to us of Clothes."

To My Class: On Certain Fruits And Flowers Sent Me In Sickness

© Sidney Lanier

If spicy-fringed pinks that blush and pale

With passions of perfume, - if violets blue

Buying and Selling chapter XI

© Khalil Gibran

And a merchant said, "Speak to us of Buying and Selling."

Letter In Prose And Verse To Mrs. Bunbury

© Oliver Goldsmith

I read your letter with all that allowance which critical candour could
require, but after all find so much to object to, and so much to raise
my indignation, that I cannot help giving it a serious answer.

Coeur De Lion At The Bier Of His Father

© Felicia Dorothea Hemans

Torches were blazing clear,

Hymns pealing deep and slow,