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An Old Thought Framed in the cavernous fire-place sits a boy, Watching the embers from his grandsire’s knee: One sees red castles rise, and laughs with joy; The other marks them crumble, silently. Poet: Charles Henry Luders	“When to the sessions of sweet silent thought” Sonnet Xxx. when to the sessions of sweet silent thought I summon up remembrance of things past, I sigh the lack of many a thing I sought, And with old woes new wail my dear time’s waste: Then can I drown an eye, unused to flow, For precious friends... Poet: William Shakespeare	SonnetsIII. “I thought our love at full, but I did err” I Thought our love at full, but I did err; Joy’s wreath drooped o’er mine eyes; I could not see That sorrow in our happy world must be Love’s deepest spokesman and interpreter. But, as a mother feels her child first stir Under her heart, so felt I... Poet: James Russell Lowell	A Morning Thought What if some morning, when the stars were paling, And the dawn whitened, and the east was clear, Strange peace and rest fell on me from the presence Of a benignant spirit standing near; And I should tell him, as he stood beside me:— “This is our... Poet: Edward Rowland Sill
Thought Thought is deeper than all speech, Feeling deeper than all thought; Souls to souls can never teach What unto themselves was taught. We are spirits clad in veils; Man by man was never seen; All our deep communing fails To remove... Poet: Christopher Pearse Cranch	Before you thought of Spring Before you thought of Spring Except as a Surmise You see — God bless his suddenness — A Fellow in the Skies Of independent Hues A little weather worn Inspiriting habiliments Of Indigo and Brown... Poet:	I found the words to every thought I found the words to every thought I ever had — but One — And that — defies me — As a Hand did try to chalk the Sun To Races — nurtured in the Dark — How would your own — begin? Can Blaze be shown in... Poet:	I many times thought Peace had come I many times thought Peace had come When Peace was far away — As Wrecked Men — deem they sight the Land — At Centre of the Sea — And struggle slacker — but to prove As hopelessly as I — How many the... Poet:
I thought the Train would never come — I thought the Train would never come — How slow the whistle sang — I don't believe a peevish Bird So whimpered for the Spring — I taught my Heart a hundred times Precisely what to say — Provoking Lover,... Poet:	It is an honorable Thought It is an honorable Thought And make One lift One's Hat As One met sudden Gentlefolk Upon a daily Street That We've immortal Place Though Pyramids decay And Kingdoms, like the Orchard Flit... Poet: