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The Coward ever sings no song

by Henry David Thoreau

Henry David Thoreau

The coward ever sings no song,
He listens to no chime,
He has no heart, he has no tongue,
To build the lofty rhyme.




Quotes of the Day

A false witness shall not be unpunished, and *he that* speaketh lies shall not escape.
• Proverbs 19:5


Poems of the Day
  • William Cullen Bryant
    November
    by William Cullen Bryant
    Yet one smile more, departing, distant sun! One mellow smile through the soft vapoury air, Ere, o'er the frozen earth, the loud winds ran, Or snows are sifted o'er the meadows bare.