(1). From “LeavesofGrass” by Walt Whitman:
“Ibequeathmyselftothedirttogrowfrom thegrassIlove,
Ifyouwantmeagainlookformeunderyourboot-soles.”
(2)From “TheWasteland”byT.S.Eliot:
“ThesefragmentsIhaveshored
Againstmyruins.”
(3). From “FuneralBlues”byW.H.Auden:
“HewasmyNorth,mySouth,myEastandmyWest
MyworkingweekandmySundayrest
Mynoon,mymidnight,mytalk,mysong;
Ithoughtthatlovewouldlastforever,Iwaswrong.”
(4)From “TheSecondComing” by William ButlerYeats:
“Theblood-dimmedtideisloosed,andeverywhere
Theceremonyofinnocenceisdrowned;
Thebestlackallconviction,whiletheworst
Arefullofpassionateintensity.”
(5)From “Jabberwocky” by Lewis Carroll:
“`Twasbrillig,andtheslithytoves
Didgyreandgimbleinthewabe:
Allmimsyweretheborogoves,
Andthemomerathsoutgrab”
(6)From “HolySonnetX”byJohnDunne:
“DEATHbenotproud,thoughsomehavecalledthee
Mightyanddreadful,for,thouartnotso.”
(7)From “IWanderedLonelyasaCloud” by William Wordsworth:
“Iwanderedlonelyasacloud
Thatfloatsonhighoervalesandhills,
WhenallatonceIsawacrowd,
Ahost,ofgoldendaffodils.”
(8)From “Sonnet116” by William Shakespeare:
“Loveisnotlove Whichalterswhenitalterationfinds,
Orbendswiththeremovertoremove:
Ono;itisanever-fixedmark,
Thatlooksontempests,andisnevershake.”
(9) From “AuguriesofInnocence” by William Blake:
“Toseeaworldinagrainofsand,
Andaheaveninawildflower,
Toholdinfinityinthepalm of your hand,
AndEternityinanhour.
(10) From “Ulysses”byAlfred,LordTennyson:
“Wearenotnowthatstrengthwhichinolddays
Movedearthandheaven, that which we are, we are;
Oneequaltemperofheroichearts,
Madeweakbytimeandfate,butstronginwill
To strive, to seek, to find,andnottoyield
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