Interval.

Serene will be our days and bright, 

And happy will our nature be,

When love is an unerring light,

And joy its own security.

Wordsworth  

Flower Stalk.

IT fortifies my soul to know
That, though I perish, Truth is so:
That, howsoe’er I stray and range,
Whate’er I do, Thou dost not change.
I steadier step when I recall
That, if I slip, Thou dost not fall. Arthur Hugh Clough

Skiivy.

O CAPTAIN , MY CAPTAIN

Captain! My Captain! our fearful trip is done;

The ship has weather'd every rack, the prize we sought is won;

The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting,

While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring:

But O heart! heart! heart!

O the bleeding drops of red,

Where on the deck my Captain lies,

Fallen cold and dead.

O Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells;

Rise up—for you the flag is flung—for you the bugle trills;

For you bouquets and ribbon'd wreaths—for you the shores a-crowding;

For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning;

O captain! dear father!

This arm beneath your head;

It is some dream that on the deck,

You've fallen cold and dead.

My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still;

My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse nor will;

The ship is anchor'd safe and sound, its voyage closed and done;

From fearful trip, the victor ship, comes in with object won;

Exult, O shores, and ring, O bells!

But I, with mournful tread,

Walk the deck my captain lies,

Fallen cold and dead.

Fruitful.

TWO THINGS

Life is mostly froth and bubble,

Two things stand like stone:

Kindess in another's trouble,

Courage in your own.

Adam Lindsay Gordon 

Pick.

        

      HOURS fly

       Flowers die.
     New days,
      New ways,
  Pass by.
       Love Stays
         
  Time is
Too Slow for those who Wait,
Too Swift for those who Fear,
Too Long for those who Grieve,
Too Short for those who Rejoice;
      But for those who Love,
         Time is Not.

     Henry Van Dyke