Beware, my friend! of crystal brook,
Or fountain, lest that hideous hook,
Thy nose, thou chance to see;
Narcissus' fate would then be thine,
And self-detested thou wouldst pine,
As self-enamour'd he.
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Life is but a momentary glimpse of the wonder of this astonishing universe, and it is sad to see so many dreaming it away on spiritual fantasy.
by Hervey Allen
Where the common chickens strutted,
Pecking, scratching restlessly amid the stone,
He came, the golden pheasant and a thing of flame,
And lived, we thought, alone—
Altho' at night among the rest he ...