Doubting Heart Adelaide Anne Procter WHERE are the swallows fled? Frozen and dead, Perchance, upon some bleak and stormy shore. O doubting heart! Far over purple seas They wait, in sunny ease, The balmy southern breeze, To bring them to their northern homes once more....
Pastor Cum Adam Lindsay Gordon When he, that shepherd false, ‘neath Phrygian sail ; Carried his hostess Helen o’er the seas, In fitful slumber Nereus hushed the gales, That he might sing their future destinies. A curse to your ancestral home you take With her,...
A Basket of Flowers Adam Lindsay Gordon From Dawn to Dusk DAWN ON skies still and starlit White lustres take hold, And grey flushes scarlet, And red flashes gold. And sun-glories cover The rose, shed above her, Like lover and lover...
‘The Old Leaven’ Adam Lindsay Gordon Mark: So, Maurice, you sail to-morrow, you say? And you may or may not return? Be sociable, man! for once in a way, Unless you’re too old to learn. The shadows are cool by the water side Where...
Mothers demand at Old Age Home After father’s death, son decided to leave his mother at a old age home. Son used to visit her sometimes. One day he received a phone call from old age home. On other side of call was his mother....
Arrogant King Once there was a kingdom which was ruled by a tyrant king. He was so arrogant that he couldn’t stand praise of anyone else except for himself. One time in his kingdom came a Sage. Sage admiration was spread through kingdom...
Who is Wealthy Once a saint visited a town for some days. During his stay saint would pray silently sitting under a tree. People got to know about him and would come to visit him to ask solution for their problems. In that...
Get into hot water When you get into hot water you get into trouble. Like Aruna, who got into hot water for trying to cheat during the exams. “I would have stood by you,” said her friend Ekta, “but I would have also got into...
Give someone a piece of one’s mind Fortunately, this term doesn’t have any literal meaning! Figuratively, however, it means to rebuke, scold or reproach someone. Rishi had been breaking all the rules of the school. Nothing his teachers said to him seemed to have any...
Good show “Good show!” the headmistress told the staff members of the school, after the School Day was a big success. Coming from her, this was praise indeed, for she was not usually generous with her compliments. `Good show!’ is the British way of saying...
