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Famous Observances Poems by Famous Poets

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Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry
...would put it in better order than this is."
And Tchi said, "I would prefer a small mountain temple,
"With order in the observances,
 with a suitable performance of the ritual,"
And Tian said, with his hand on the strings of his lute
The low sounds continuing
 after his hand left the strings,
And the sound went up like smoke, under the leaves,
And he looked after the sound:
 "The old swimming hole,
"And the boys flopping off the planks,
"Or sitting in the underbrush playing m...Read more of this...
by Pound, Ezra



...xceeding wrong. 
For he was ever saying to himself, 
'O I that wasted time to tend upon her, 
To compass her with sweet observances, 
To dress her beautifully and keep her true'-- 
And there he broke the sentence in his heart 
Abruptly, as a man upon his tongue 
May break it, when his passion masters him. 
And she was ever praying the sweet heavens 
To save her dear lord whole from any wound. 
And ever in her mind she cast about 
For that unnoticed failing in herself, 
Which ...Read more of this...
by Tennyson, Alfred Lord
...nd; 
Where, thinking, that if ever yet was wife 
True to her lord, mine shall be so to me, 
He compassed her with sweet observances 
And worship, never leaving her, and grew 
Forgetful of his promise to the King, 
Forgetful of the falcon and the hunt, 
Forgetful of the tilt and tournament, 
Forgetful of his glory and his name, 
Forgetful of his princedom and its cares. 
And this forgetfulness was hateful to her. 
And by and by the people, when they met 
In twos and threes, or...Read more of this...
by Tennyson, Alfred Lord

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