Archive for August, 2007
First Impression
Friday, August 3rd, 2007First impressions are important but they are by no means good guides to the true qualities of a person.
In any situation, there is always the cliché that first impressions are very important. Where first impressions are concerned, we do not look into a person’s academic record. We do not know how well they […]
Inspirational Poems III
Thursday, August 2nd, 2007Life Sculpture
By George Washington Doane (27 May 1799 - 27 April 1859)
Chisel in hand stood a sculptor boyWith his marble block before him,And his eyes lit up with a smile of joy,As an angel-dream passed o’er him.
He carved the dream on that shapeless stone,With many a sharp incision;With heaven’s own flight the sculpture shone,He’d caught […]
Inspirational Poems II
Thursday, August 2nd, 2007Plant A TreeBy Lucy Larcom (5 March 1826 - 27 April 1893)
He who plants a treePlants a hope.Rootlets up through fibres blindly grope;Leaves unfold into horizons free.So man’s life must climbFrom the clods of timeUnto heavens sublime.Canst thou prophesy, thou little tree,What the glory of thy boughs shall be?
He who plants a treePlants a joy;Plants […]
Inspirational Poems I
Wednesday, August 1st, 2007SolitudeBy Ella Wheeler Wilcox (5 November 1855 - 30 October 1919) “The Golden Girl”
Laugh, and the world laughs with you;Weep, and you weep alone.For the sad old earth must borrow its mirth,But has trouble enough of its own.Sing, and the hills will answer;Sigh, it is lost on the air.The echoes bound to a joyful sound,But […]
