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The moving finger writes

By nistha | Published: July 21, 2009
The Mov­ing Fin­ger writes; and, hav­ing writ, Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to can­cel half a Line, Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it. –Edward Fitzgerald’s trans­la­tion of the poem The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyam, 1859 Essence: What­ever one does in one’s life is one’s own [...]
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Give Me the Splendid Silent Sun

By nistha | Published: July 17, 2009
Give Me the Splen­did Silent Sun 1819–1892 1 Give me the splen­did silent sun with all his beams full-dazzling, Give me autum­nal fruit ripe and red from the orchard, Give me a field where the unmow’d grass grows, Give me an arbor, give me the trellis’d grape, Give me fresh corn and wheat, give me [...]
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Acquainted with the night — Robert Frost

By nistha | Published: June 30, 2009
I have been one acquainted with the night. I have walked out in rain — and back in rain. I have out­walked the fur­thest city light. I have looked down the sad­dest city lane. I have passed by the watch­man on his beat And dropped my eyes, unwill­ing to explain. I have stood still and stopped [...]
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