Without you This night is utterly long Nothing but deep silence That speaks your name And repeats it softly Again and again Yet a burning candle in the corner Burns me within as well Without you tonight Eyes weeps calmly And heart mourns quietly yet this night Speaks nothing but silence. ∼ Hina Patel
Read More »She Was A Phantom of Delight – William Wordsworth
She was a phantom of delight When first she gleamed upon my sight; A lovely Apparition, sent To be a moment’s ornament: Her eyes as stars of Twilight fair; Like Twilight’s, too, her dusky hair; But all things else about her drawn From May-time and the cheerful Dawn; A dancing Shape, an Image gay, To haunt, to startle, and way-lay. …
Read More »She Walks In Beauty – Lord Byron
She walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies; And all that’s best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes: Thus mellow’d to that tender light Which heaven to gaudy day denies. One shade the more, one ray the less, Had half impair’d the nameless grace Which waves in every raven tress, …
Read More »Shall I Compare Thee – William Shakespeare
Shall I compare thee to a Summer’s day? Thou are more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And Summer’s lease hath all too short a date: Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, And often is his gold complexion dimm’d; And every fair from fair sometime declines, By chance or nature’s changing …
Read More »Seven Silly Sheep
Seven sheep were standing By the pasture wall. “Tell me,” said the teacher, To her scholars small, “One poor sheep was frightened, Jumped, and ran away. One from seven-how many Wooly sheep would stay?” Up went Kitty’s fingers- A farmer’s daughter she, Not so bright at figures As she ought to be. “Please, miss.” “Well then, Kitty, Tell us, if …
Read More »पशुपतिनाथ मंदिर, काठमांडू, नेपाल – अभी भी अडिग
विगत दिनों नेपाल में आए भूकम्प में उतनी ही तबाही मची थी जितनी जून 2013 में उत्तराखंड में बाढ़ से मची थी। जैसे केदारनाथ मंदिर अपने आसपास के सब भवन ध्वस्त होने के बाद भी खड़ा रहा था उसी तरह पशुपतिनाथ मंदिर भी उन ध्वस्त भवनों के बीचों-बीच मामूली क्षति के खड़ा है। केदारनाथ तथा पशुपतिनाथ दोनों भगवान शिव से …
Read More »Seasons
Spring is the time, When children play. Flowers bloom, And all is gay. Summer is hot; And to stay cool, Everybody wants, A dip in the pool. Monsoon clouds, Filled with rain. Make you feel, Cool again. Autumn is short, The leaves then fall. Crushing dry leaves, Is fun for all. Winter is cold. On sunny days, People bask, In …
Read More »Seashore Antics
A crab was walking sideways, An octopus said, “Why, That crab is walking sideways, I think I’ll have a try.” An eel was wriggling forwards, A mussel wondered why That eel was wriggling forwards- He thought he would have a try. A flying fish was flying, A porpoise said, “Oh, my, That flying fish is flying, I think I’d like …
Read More »Scrawl – Leeha Singh
Oh! My handwriting, my Handwriting It seems as if elephant are fighting. Frequently my teacher thinks aloud That my handwriting is awfully stout Everyday I have five minutes lecture That my handwriting should have a better structure. Most of the letters are in air They, enrage the teacher, she pulls her hair They say that my writing should be legible …
Read More »Sandy Shrew
Sandy was a baby shrew, And he was at a loss To know while all the other shrews Should always be so cross. He asked his Mother questions, But she only cuffed his ears, And snapped at him, while Sandy Tried to hide away his tears. He thought it would be lovely If the shrews were kind and calm, Instead …
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