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- 17:57, 10 August 2008 Precious Time (hist) [563 bytes] 2A01:48:219:2:1:0:0:2 (Talk) (New page: <poem> Precious Time ============================= Oh time how painful you are I see you but I can’t be with you It tics and it tics while waiting for you Oh time how lengthy you are E...)
- 22:15, 27 July 2008 TAOW Chapter 14 XIII. The use of spies (hist) [21,702 bytes] 2A01:48:219:1:0:0:0:1 (Talk) (New page: Sun Tzu on The Art of War =XIII. The use of spies= 1. Sun Tzu said: Raising a host of a hundred thousand men and marching them great distances entails heavy loss on the people and a drai...)
- 14:11, 6 December 2007 We Wish You a Merry Christmas (hist) [686 bytes] Oyvinds (Talk | contribs) (New page: <poem> We wish you a Merry Christmas, We wish you a Merry Christmas, We wish you a Merry Christmas, And a Happy New Year! chorus Good tidings we bring To you and your kin; We wish you a M...)
- 14:10, 6 December 2007 The Twelve Days of Christmas (hist) [1,127 bytes] Oyvinds (Talk | contribs) (New page: <poem> On the first day of Christmas my true love sent to me A partridge in a pear tree On the second day of Christmas my true love sent to me Two turtle doves ''(refrain)*'' On the thi...)
- 14:08, 6 December 2007 O, Christmas Tree (hist) [949 bytes] Oyvinds (Talk | contribs) (New page: <poem> O Christmas Tree O, Christmas Tree, Your branches green delight us. O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree, Your branches green delight us. They're green when summer days are bright; Th...)
- 14:08, 6 December 2007 O, Christmas Tree (alt) (hist) [923 bytes] Oyvinds (Talk | contribs) (New page: <poem> O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree! How are thy leaves so verdant! O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree, How are thy leaves so verdant! Not only in the summertime, But even in winter ...)
- 14:05, 6 December 2007 Jingle Bells (hist) [1,513 bytes] Oyvinds (Talk | contribs) (New page: <poem> Dashing through the snow In a one-horse open sleigh O'er the fields we go Laughing all the way. Bells on bob-tail ring Making spirits bright What fun it is to ride and sing A sleigh...)
- 14:04, 6 December 2007 In Excelsis Gloria (hist) [611 bytes] Oyvinds (Talk | contribs) (New page: <poem> When Christ was born of Mary free, In Bethlehem in that fair city, Angels sung e'er with mirth and glee, '''Chorus''' In excelsis gloria, In excelsis gloria, In excelsis gloria, In...)
- 13:56, 6 December 2007 The Alchemist (Jonson) - Glossary (hist) [69,797 bytes] Oyvinds (Talk | contribs) (New page: ABATE, cast down, subdue. ABHORRING, repugnant (to), at variance. ABJECT, base, degraded thing, outcast. ABRASE, smooth, blank. ABSOLUTE(LY), faultless(ly). ABSTRACTED, abstract, abst...)
- 13:54, 6 December 2007 The Alchemist (Jonson) - Act 5 (hist) [27,833 bytes] Oyvinds (Talk | contribs) (New page: ACT 5. SCENE 5.1. BEFORE LOVEWIT'S DOOR. ENTER LOVEWIT, WITH SEVERAL OF THE NEIGHBOURS. LOVE. Has there been such resort, say you? 1 NEI. Daily, sir. 2 NEI. And nightly, too. 3 NEI. ...)
- 13:54, 6 December 2007 The Alchemist (Jonson) - Act 3 (hist) [26,676 bytes] Oyvinds (Talk | contribs) (New page: ACT 3. SCENE 3.1. THE LANE BEFORE LOVEWIT'S HOUSE. ENTER TRIBULATION WHOLESOME AND ANANIAS. TRI. These chastisements are common to the saints, And such rebukes, we of the separation Mus...)
- 13:53, 6 December 2007 The Alchemist (Jonson) - Act 4 (hist) [39,654 bytes] Oyvinds (Talk | contribs) (New page: ACT 4. SCENE 4.1. A ROOM IN LOVEWIT'S HOUSE. ENTER FACE AND MAMMON. FACE. O sir, you're come in the only finest time. -- MAM. Where's master? FACE. Now preparing for projection, sir. ...)
- 13:52, 6 December 2007 The Alchemist (Jonson) - Act 2 (hist) [37,205 bytes] Oyvinds (Talk | contribs) (New page: ACT 2. SCENE 2.1. AN OUTER ROOM IN LOVEWIT'S HOUSE. ENTER SIR EPICURE MAMMON AND SURLY. MAM. Come on, sir. Now, you set your foot on shore In Novo Orbe; here's the rich Peru: And there ...)
- 13:51, 6 December 2007 The Alchemist (Jonson) - Act 1 (hist) [26,322 bytes] Oyvinds (Talk | contribs) (New page: ACT 1. SCENE 1.1. A ROOM IN LOVEWIT'S HOUSE. ENTER FACE, IN A CAPTAIN'S UNIFORM, WITH HIS SWORD DRAWN, AND SUBTLE WITH A VIAL, QUARRELLING, AND FOLLOWED BY DOL COMMON. FACE. Believe 't,...)
- 13:50, 6 December 2007 The Alchemist (Jonson) - Prologue (hist) [1,185 bytes] Oyvinds (Talk | contribs) (New page: <poem> Fortune, that favours fools, these two short hours, We wish away, both for your sakes and ours, Judging spectators; and desire, in place, To the author justice, to ourselves but gra...)
- 13:49, 6 December 2007 The Alchemist (Jonson) - Argument (hist) [655 bytes] Oyvinds (Talk | contribs) (New page: <poem> T he sickness hot, a master quit, for fear, H is house in town, and left one servant there; E ase him corrupted, and gave means to know A Cheater, and his punk; who now brought low...)
- 13:48, 6 December 2007 The Alchemist (Jonson) - Dramatis Personae (hist) [523 bytes] Oyvinds (Talk | contribs) (New page: <poem> SUBTLE, the Alchemist. FACE, the Housekeeper. DOL COMMON, their Colleague. DAPPER, a Lawyer's Clerk. DRUGGER, a Tobacco Man. LOVEWIT, Master of the House. SIR EPICURE MAMMON, ...)
- 13:47, 6 December 2007 The Alchemist (Jonson) - Letters (hist) [3,232 bytes] Oyvinds (Talk | contribs) (New page: TO THE LADY MOST DESERVING HER NAME AND BLOOD: LADY MARY WROTH. Madam, In the age of sacrifices, the truth of religion was not in the greatness and fat of the offerings, but in the devo...)
- 13:46, 6 December 2007 The Alchemist (Jonson) - Introduction (hist) [52,429 bytes] Oyvinds (Talk | contribs) (New page: Ben Jonson came of the stock that was centuries after to give to the world Thomas Carlyle; for Jonson's grandfather was of Annandale, over the Solway, whence he migrated to England. Jonson...)
- 13:36, 6 December 2007 The Alchemist (Jonson) (hist) [635 bytes] 81.227.239.183 (Talk) (New page: The Alchemist is a comedy by English playwright Ben Jonson. First performed in 1610 by the King's Men, it is generally considered Jonson's best and most characteristic comedy; Samuel Taylo...)
- 05:25, 6 December 2007 On Shakespeare (hist) [1,476 bytes] Xiando (Talk | contribs) (New page: :De Shakespeare Nostrat<sup>1</sup> I remember the players have often mentioned it as an honor to Shakespeare, that in his writing, whatsoever he penned, he never blotted out a line. My a...)
- 05:25, 6 December 2007 On Bacon (hist) [4,118 bytes] Xiando (Talk | contribs) (New page: :Dominus Verulamius<sup>1</sup> One, though he be excellent and the chief, is not to be imitated alone; for never no imitator ever grew up to his author; likeness is always on this side ...)
- 05:23, 6 December 2007 Epitaph on Elizabeth L. H. (hist) [410 bytes] Xiando (Talk | contribs) (New page: <poem> Woulds't thou hear what man can say In a little? Reader, stay. Underneath this stone doth lie As much beauty as could die; Which in life did harbour give To more virtue than doth li...)
- 05:23, 6 December 2007 Epode (hist) [4,633 bytes] Xiando (Talk | contribs) (New page: <poem> NOT to know vice at all, and keep true state, Is virtue, and not fate: Next to that virtue is to know vice well, And her black spite expel, Which to effect (since no...)
- 05:22, 6 December 2007 A Farewell to the World (hist) [1,407 bytes] Xiando (Talk | contribs) (New page: <poem> FALSE world, good night! since thou hast brought That hour upon my morn of age; Henceforth I quit thee from my thought, My part is ended on thy stage. Yes, threaten, do. Al...)
- 05:22, 6 December 2007 His Supposed Mistress (hist) [789 bytes] Xiando (Talk | contribs) (New page: <poem> If I freely can discover What would please me in my lover, I would have her fair and witty, Savouring more of court than city; A little proud, but full of pity; Ligh...)
- 05:21, 6 December 2007 Hymn to Diana (hist) [721 bytes] Xiando (Talk | contribs) (New page: <poem> Queen and Huntress, chaste and fair, Now the sun is laid to sleep, Seated in thy silver chair State in wonted manner keep; Hesperus entreats thy light, ...)
- 05:20, 6 December 2007 On Lucy, Countess of Bedford (hist) [826 bytes] Xiando (Talk | contribs) (New page: <poem> This morning timely wrapt with holy fire, I thought to form unto my zealous Muse, What kind of creature I could most desire To know, serve, and love, as Poets use. I meant to make h...)
- 05:20, 6 December 2007 The Noble Nature (hist) [416 bytes] Xiando (Talk | contribs) (New page: <poem> IT is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make Man better be; Or standing long an oak, three hundred year, To fall a log at last, dry, bald, and sere: A lily of a day ...)
- 05:19, 6 December 2007 A Nymph’s Passion (hist) [1,355 bytes] Xiando (Talk | contribs) (New page: <poem> I love, and he loves me again, Yet dare I not tell who; For if the nymphs should know my swain, I fear they’d love him too; Yet if he be not known, ...)
- 05:19, 6 December 2007 An Ode to Himself (hist) [1,233 bytes] Xiando (Talk | contribs) (New page: <poem> Where dost thou careless lie Buried in ease and sloth? Knowledge that sleeps, doth die And this security, It is the common moth That eats on wits and arts, and that destroys...)
- 05:19, 6 December 2007 On a Robbery (hist) [309 bytes] Xiando (Talk | contribs) (New page: <poem> RIDWAY robb'd DUNCOTE of three hundred pound, Ridway was ta'en, arraign'd, condemn'd to die; But, for this money, was a courtier found, Begg'd Ridway's pardon: Duncote now doth cry,...)
- 05:18, 6 December 2007 On Salathiel Pavy (hist) [806 bytes] Xiando (Talk | contribs) (New page: <poem> Weep with me, all you that read This little story; And know, for whom a tear you shed Death’s self is sorry. ’Twas a child that so did thrive In grace and feat...)
- 05:18, 6 December 2007 Simplex Munditiis (hist) [860 bytes] Xiando (Talk | contribs) (New page: <poem> Still to be neat, still to be drest, As you were going to a feast; Still to be powdr’d, still perfumed: Lady, it is to be presumed, Though art’s hid causes are not found, All is...)
- 05:17, 6 December 2007 To Doctor Empiric (hist) [229 bytes] Xiando (Talk | contribs) (New page: <poem> <b>W</b>hen men a dangerous disease did 'scape, <b>O</b>f old, they gave a cock to Aesculape. <b>L</b>et me give two, that doubly am got free <b>F</b>rom my disease's danger, and fr...)
- 05:17, 6 December 2007 To Censorious Courtling (hist) [308 bytes] Xiando (Talk | contribs) (New page: <poem> COURTLING, I rather thou should'st utterly Dispraise my work, than praise it frostily: When I am read, thou feign'st a weak applause, As if thou wert my friend, but lack'dst a cause...)
- 05:16, 6 December 2007 To Fine Lady Would-Be (hist) [593 bytes] Xiando (Talk | contribs) (New page: <poem> Fine madam Would-Be, wherefore should you fear, That love to make so well, a child to bear? The world reputes you barren: but I know Your 'pothecary, and his drug says no. Is it the...)
- 05:15, 6 December 2007 The Hourglass (hist) [347 bytes] Xiando (Talk | contribs) (New page: <poem> Do but consider this small dust Here running in the glass, By atoms moved; Could you believe that this The body was Of one that loved? And in his mistress' flame, playing like a fly...)
- 05:15, 6 December 2007 To the Memory of My Beloved the Author, Mr. William Shakespeare and What He Hath Left Us (hist) [3,541 bytes] Xiando (Talk | contribs) (New page: <poem> To draw no envy, Shakespeare, on thy name, Am I thus ample to thy book and fame; While I confess thy writings to be such As neither man nor Muse can praise too much. ’Tis true, an...)
- 05:14, 6 December 2007 That Women are but Men's Shadows (hist) [479 bytes] Xiando (Talk | contribs) (New page: <poem> Follow a shadow, it still flies you; Seem to fly it, it will pursue: So court a mistress, she denies you; Let her alone, she will court you. Say, are not women truly then St...)
- 05:14, 6 December 2007 The Triumph (hist) [1,180 bytes] Xiando (Talk | contribs) (New page: <poem> See the Chariot at hand here of Love, Wherein my Lady rideth! Each that draws is a swan or a dove, And well the car Love guideth. As she goes, all heart do duty Unto...)
- 04:24, 6 December 2007 Hymn on the Nativity (hist) [936 bytes] Xiando (Talk | contribs) (New page: <poem> I sing the birth was born tonight, The Author both of life and light; The angels so did sound it. And like the ravish'd shepherds said Who saw the light and were afraid, Yet searche...)
- 04:23, 6 December 2007 Gesu Bambino (hist) [883 bytes] Xiando (Talk | contribs) (New page: <poem> When blossoms flowered 'mid the snows upon a winter night Was born the Child the Christmas Rose, The King of Love and Light The angels sang, the shepherds sang, The grateful earth r...)
- 04:22, 6 December 2007 Boar's Head Carol (hist) [1,170 bytes] Xiando (Talk | contribs) (New page: <poem> The boar’s head in hand bring I, Bedeck'd with bays and rosemary. I pray you, my masters, be merry<ref>Or: And I pray you, my masters, merry be.</ref> ''Quot estis in convivio...)
- 04:20, 6 December 2007 Away in a Manger (hist) [1,047 bytes] Xiando (Talk | contribs) (New page: <poem> Away in a manger, no crib for a bed, The little Lord Jesus laid down His sweet head. The stars in the bright sky looked down where He lay, The little Lord Jesus asle...)
- 04:14, 6 December 2007 O come all ye faithful (hist) [1,973 bytes] 81.227.239.183 (Talk) (New page: <poem> O come, all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant, O come ye, O come ye, to Bethlehem. Come and behold Him, born the King of angels; Chorus: O come, let us adore Him, O come...)
- 01:52, 3 December 2007 The spirit of Christmas (hist) [539 bytes] Xiando (Talk | contribs) (New page: <poem> I am thinking of you today because it is Christmas, and I wish you happiness. And tomorrow, because it will be the day after Christmas, I shall still wish you happiness. I may no...)
- 01:51, 3 December 2007 Christmas Season (hist) [351 bytes] Xiando (Talk | contribs) (New page: <poem> At Christmas - the season Of giving and sharing, Of living and loving Remembering, caring. Our thoughts bridge the space that Would tend to divide us Restoring the warmth of Your p...)
- 01:37, 3 December 2007 Christmas (unknown author II) (hist) [396 bytes] Xiando (Talk | contribs) (New page: <poem> Every time a hand reaches out To help another.... that is Christmas Every time someone puts anger aside And strives for understanding That is Christmas Every time people forget the...)
- 01:34, 3 December 2007 Christmas (unknown author) (hist) [957 bytes] Xiando (Talk | contribs) (New page: <poem> Christmas is a time of love A time of joy and cheer Christmas is a peaceful time That wondrous time of year A time of faith, a time of hope Of friendships much more true Christmas i...)
