To Rosa By Abraham Lincoln You are young, and I am older; You are hopeful, I am not – Enjoy life, ere it grow colder – Pluck the roses …
The Suicide’s Soliloquy By Abraham Lincoln Here, where the lonely hooting owl Sends forth his midnight moans, Fierce wolves shall o’er my carcase growl, Or buzzards pick my …
The Bear Hunt By Abraham Lincoln A wild-bear chace, didst never see? Then hast thou lived in vain. Thy richest bump of glorious glee, Lies desert in thy …
My Childhood Home I See Again By Abraham Lincoln I My childhood’s home I see again, And sadden with the view; And still, as memory crowds my brain, …
Memory By Abraham Lincoln MY childhood’s home I see again, And sadden with the view; And still, as memory crowds my brain, There’s pleasure in it, too. …
The Black Hen By K. Ramanujan It must come as leaves to a tree or not at all yet it comes sometimes as the black hen with …
Still Life By K. Ramanujan When she left me after lunch,I read for a while. But I suddenly wanted to look again and I saw the half-eaten sandwich, bread, …
Self-Portrait By K. Ramanujan I resemble everyone but myself, and sometimes see in shop-windows despite the well-known laws of optics, the portrait of a stranger, date unknown, often …
Prayers To Lord Murugan By K. Ramanujan 1 Lord of new arrivals lovers and rivals: arrive at once with cockfight and banner— dance till on this and …
Extended Family K. Ramanujan Yet like grandfather I bathe before the village crow the dry chlorine water my only Ganges the naked Chicago bulb a cousin …