Lord of
Lord of
changes fancy lightly love spring thoughts turns
In the Spring a livelier iris changes on the burnish'd dove; In the Spring a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love
bound duty faith fought man queen valiant
I have fought for Queen and Faith like a valiant man and true;/ I have only done my duty as a man is bound to do.
dearer hall hold horse novel passion shall spent
Locksley Hall He will hold thee, when his passion shall have spent its novel force, Something better than his dog, a little dearer than his horse
ancient dying forms modes party purer ring slowly sweeter
Ring out a slowly dying cause,/ And ancient forms of party strife;/ Ring in the nobler modes of life,/ With sweeter manners, purer laws.
adam claims gardener smile smiles
The gardener Adam and his wife/ Smile at the claims of long descent.
faces loathe meets squares
I loathe the squares and streets, And the faces that one meets
duty path rough twice
Not once or twice in our rough island-story,/ The path of duty was the way to glory.
battle god
God of battles, was ever a battle like this in the world before?
blinded eyesight miserable
Not with blinded eyesight poring over miserable books.
chicago growing mom theater time took touring
I loved theater growing up, and my mom always took us to the touring productions that would come through town. We would go to Chicago all the time and see shows. I loved it.
feud redress rich ring
Ring out the feud of rich and poor,/ Ring in redress to all mankind.
beauty creatures hunt love man ride shining woman
Man is the hunter; woman is his game. The sleek and shining creatures of the chase, we hunt them for the beauty of their skins; they love us for it, and we ride them down.
haven ships sound touch voice
And the stately ships go on / To their haven under the hill; / But O for the touch of a vanish'd hand, / And the sound of a voice that is still!
cursed forehead gold
Cursed be the gold that gilds the straitened forehead of a fool!