Dictionary Poems

It is worth a lot of bother to be able to think properly. Discuss L. Frank Baum

One of the new things people began to find out in the last century was that thoughts—just mere thoughts—are as powerful as electric batteries—as good for one as sunlight is, or as bad for one as poison. Discuss Frances Hodgson Burnett

A LITTLE madness in the SpringIs wholesome even for the King,But God be with the Clown,Who ponders this tremendous scene–This whole experiment of green,As if it were his own! – A LITTLE madness in the Spring by Emily Dickinson

Earth raised up her head From the darkness dread and drear, Her light fled, Stony, dread, And her locks covered with grey despair. Prisoned on watery shore, Starry jealousy does keep my den Cold and hoar; Weeping o’re, I hear the father of the ancient men. Selfish father of men! Cruel, jealous, selfish fear! Can … Continued

In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself. Discuss James Madison

Home they brought her warrior dead: ;She nor swooned, nor uttered cry:All her maidens, watching, said, ;‘She must weep or she will die.’ Then they praised him, soft and low, ;Called him worthy to be loved,Truest friend and noblest foe; ;Yet she neither spoke nor moved. Stole a maiden from her place, ;Lightly to the … Continued

Can I see another’s woe, And not be in sorrow too? Can I see another’s grief, And not seek for kind relief? Can I see a falling tear, And not feel my sorrow’s share? Can a father see his child Weep, nor be with sorrow filled? Can a mother sit and hear An infant groan, … Continued

TO see her is a picture,To hear her is a tune,To know her an intemperanceAs innocent as June;By which to be undoneIs dearer than Redemption–Which never to receive,Makes mockery of melodyIt might have been to live. – TO see her is a picture by Emily Dickinson

We are as liable to be corrupted by our books as by our companions. Henry Fielding

When a man wants to murder a tiger he calls it sport; when the tiger wants to murder him he calls it ferocity. Discuss George Bernard Shaw