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Angels

George MacDonald

Came of old to houses lonely
Men with wings, but did not show them:
Angels come to our house, only,
For their wings, they do not know them!




Quotes of the Day

He who draws noble delights from sentiments of poetry is a true poet,
though he has never written a line in all his life.

• George Sand



Poems of the Day
  • Amy Lowell
    Convalescence
    by Amy Lowell
    From out the dragging vastness of the sea, Wave-fettered, bound in sinuous, seaweed strands, He toils toward the rounding beach, and stands One moment, white and dripping, silently,