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Title: Rhyme And Reason - A Compilation Of Verses, Rhymes And Senses
Author: Dom
Release Date: March, 2004 [EBook #5330]?[Yes, we are more than one year ahead of schedule]?[This file was first posted on July 1, 2002]
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? START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK, RHYME AND REASON - A COMPILATION OF VERSES, RHYMES AND SENSES ***
Copyright (C) 2002 by L.M. Wong
Rhyme and Reason- a compilation of verses , rhymes and?senses?by Dom
IN MY PLACE
Pray thee let none shall bar?it's not the questions, where or when?God grant I shan't be far?In place of person, spirit then?8>)
RISKING FOR A SIGN
The nectar is sweet?if the heart so dares?never for the meek?where riskiness stares?Just risking for a sign
It won't stay when you stay?Goes when you're own your toes?The rewards are from the chase?Reach for it but never in haste?Nothing does like it does
By Faith we hope and pray?Events roll out and lay?Grasp for handles in a maze?Readiness with a brace?I'll take it in if I may
The nectar is sweet?if the heart so dares?those willing to seek?where riskiness bares?Just risking for a sign?8>)
RISE AND SHINE
Gilded sun rays clear the haze?Lighted lights go out apace?Another rise over the mount?Live creatures roused from their fount
Beings they gather and disperse?Shrieking shouts and small whispers?Wings above while eyes trained below?all stir for what might follow
Those ordained all fall in line?some lie still in thoughts opined?chosen ones to fruition live?while others Fates weigh and sieve?8>)
FOR MY FRIENDS?1?Courtesy in deeds driven?Ev'ry gesture plays a part?Fair regard gladly given?Fondness well planted in heart
2?Ye fair rovers in life?torches glow and fires swell?upon the reach of warm hive?We wish thee "all be well"
3?For those true let none deceive?Be relieved by what's believed?Within sadness joy's reprieve?Joy increased from joy received?8>)
YEAR'S END
The present year retires?to rest with history?Another course expires?to lodge in memory
A new course woven and spun?while we adorn its space?Concerns commence and are done?come what may rush or haste
A hope and toast to what's new?fond farewell to what's past?Let our joys never be few?and may fond regard last?8>)
BLISS WE'RE FINDIN'
The heart shan't huddle in heavy pinin'?For as long as there's a silver linin'?From murky shadows it's hope we're minin'?Through search and tumble it's bliss we're findin'?8>)
A GLANCE AT TIME
What is this fleeting moment??An hourglass filled with cascading sand?Passes us in joy or lament?While we compelled or by own choosing attend?8>)
CRUMB, ICEBERG AND GLIMMER
A few things to nourish us?in this request in verse?Give us a crumb from that loaf?A humble comfort blanket?Grant us a splinter of frost above?Findings spawn from tip of iceberg?Save some glow off the glimmer?Hope preserved and mirrored
Those who give shan't be in want?Those who receive in penury shan't?If they wisely give?and they wisely spend?There'll be none to grieve?But much to append?8>)
ANTIQUE STREET
Faded bronze picture pretty?where cracks add curiosity?mounting age make things vintage?authentic guarantee's pledge?yesterday's streets I tarry?Green moss carpets alley?8>)
A VERSE OF THANKS
I thank thee for thy patronage?rhyme like wine improves with age?though I shan't be a hermit sage?I'm glad thou had found this page?8>)
FOR VERSES' SAKE
There's nothing here at stake?But the reasons we state?come play for verses' sake?lines of prosaic prose break?8>)
HOPE IN THE DARKEST HOUR
The pall of the darkest hour?Is lifted by Faith's power?Let burn your resolve's ardour?There's relief in Hope's harbour!?8>)
NUMBER CRUNCHER
one over two I am not?two of three they said not?three times four she had not?four from five he knew not?five and six a naught not?six sevens they saw not?seven eights it was not?eight nines they brought not?nine a ten it is not?Good heavens is what I've got!?8>)
World from my windowpane
The world is well and sane?From my eyeview's windowpane?While Good charged and shook its mane?Thoughts drift on a saunterly train?8>)
It's not too late
Lady Fortune nudges coyly?Pandora strikes stealthily?Hope stays in purposeful wait?All that's Good, it's not too late?8>)
The Archer
The Archer pulls his bowstring?Yonder what lies in hiding?One shot hits its target true?Hinders doubts which worries spew?8>)
Life and Rhetoric I
Though oft cautioned we pass unwarily?An earthly life's junctures and