Invictus

Invictus By William Ernest Henley, 1888 Out of the night that covers meBlack as the pit from pole to pole,I thank whatever gods may beFor my unconquerable soul. In the fell clutch of circumstance,I have not winced nor cried aloud.Under the bludgeonings of chanceMy head is bloody, but unbowed. Beyond this place of wrath and … Read more

将进酒

A poem by Chinese poet, Li Po 李白 (701 A.D. – 762 A.D.) titled 将进酒

静夜思

静夜思

李白 (701 A.D. – 762 A.D.)

床前明月光,疑是地上霜。
举头望明月,低头思故乡。

Ozymandias

Ozymandias By Percy Bysshe Shelley I met a traveller from an antique land,Who said—“Two vast and trunkless legs of stoneStand in the desert. . . . Near them, on the sand,Half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown,And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,Tell that its sculptor well those passions readWhich yet survive, stamped … Read more