Poems & Selections

Stardust

By: Nat King Cole
And now the purple dusk
of twilight time
Steals across the meadows
of my heart
High up in the sky the
little stars climb
Always reminding me
that we’re apart
You wander down the
lane and far away
Leaving me a song
that will not die
Love is now the stardust
of yesterday
The music of the
years gone by.

By Sara Teasdale Perhaps if death is kind, and there can be returning, We will come back to earth some fragrant night, And take these lanes to find the sea, and bending Breathe the same honeysuckle, low and white. We will come down at night to these resounding beaches And the long gentle thunder of […]
When I am called to duty, God whenever flames may rage, give me the strength to save some life, whatever be its age. Help me to embrace a little child before it’s too late, or some older person from the horror of that fate. Enable me to be alert and hear the weakest shout, and […]
May the saddest day of your future be no worse than the happiest day of your past.
By Mary Lee Hall If I should die and leave you here a while, be not like others sore undone, who keep long vigil by the silent dust. For my sake turn again to life and smile, nerving thy heart and trembling hand to do something to comfort other hearts than thine. Complete these dear […]