O Captain, My Captain O Captain my Captain! our fearful trip is done, The ship has weathered 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 … Continue reading O Captain, my Captain – Walt Whitman
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He wishes for the clothes of Heaven – W.B. Yates
He wishes for the clothes of Heaven Had I the heavens' embroidered cloths, Enwrought with golden and silver light, The blue and the dim and the dark cloths Of night and light and the half-light, I would spread the cloths under your feet: But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my … Continue reading He wishes for the clothes of Heaven – W.B. Yates
Book Club The Second
Book Club the Second - BOOKN00B - 13-12-2009 Agreed on: I am Cat by Soseki Natsume (BookN00b) Discussed: - The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova - The Other Hand by Chris Cleeve - C.J. Sansom series BOOKN00B Already bought two copies to give to people as gifts However, she found it slow to get into, but enjoyed … Continue reading Book Club The Second
Our first meeting
Meeting the First. Book Club the First - BOOKELF - 01-11-2009 Agreed on: The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova (AvidReader) Discussed: Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden Three of us. One spicy seed cake. A ton of coffee. And books...in bags, on tables, in laps... books piled up all around us! It was heavenly! We agreed … Continue reading Our first meeting
My Wife – R.L. Stevenson
My Wife Trusty, dusky, vivid, true, With eyes of gold and bramble-dew, Steel-true and blade-straight, The great artificer Made my mate. Honour, anger, valour, fire; A love that life could never tire, Death quench or evil stir, The mighty master Gave to her. Teacher, tender, comrade, wife, A fellow-farer true through life, Heart-whole and soul-free … Continue reading My Wife – R.L. Stevenson
