Aspiration

Poor, impious Soul! that fixes its high hopes

In the dim distance, on a throne of clouds,

And from the morning’s mist would make the ropes

To draw it up amid acclaim of crowds-

Beware! That soaring path is lined with shrouds;

And he who braves it, though of sturdy breath,

May meet, half way, the avalanche and death!

O poor young Soul!-whose year-devouring glance

Fixes in ecstasy upon a star,

Whose feverish brilliance looks a part of earth,

Yet quivers where the feet of angels are,

And seems the future crown in realms afar-

Beware! A spark thou art, and dost but see

Thine own reflection in Eternity!

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Poems in English 

• Zitten Out The Wold Year by William Barnes by William Barnes
• Zellen Woone’s Honey To Buy Zome’hat Sweet by William Barnes by William Barnes
• Woodcom’ Feast by William Barnes by William Barnes
• Wold Friends A-Met by William Barnes by William Barnes
• A Wold Friend by William Barnes by William Barnes
• A Witch by William Barnes by William Barnes
• Whitsuntide An’ Club Walken by William Barnes by William Barnes
• Vo’k A-Comèn Into Church by William Barnes by William Barnes
• Vellen O’ The Tree by William Barnes by William Barnes
• Uncle An’ Aunt by William Barnes by William Barnes
• Treat Well Your Wife by William Barnes by William Barnes
• To Me by William Barnes by William Barnes
• The Zilver-Weed by William Barnes by William Barnes
• The Woodlands by William Barnes by William Barnes
• The Wold Wall by William Barnes by William Barnes
• The Wold Waggon by William Barnes by William Barnes
• The Wold Vo’k Dead by William Barnes by William Barnes
• The Woddy Hollow by William Barnes by William Barnes
• The Winter’s Willow by William Barnes by William Barnes
• The Window Freäm’d Wi’ Stwone by William Barnes by William Barnes

More external links (open in a new tab):

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Doska or the Board – write anything

Search engines:

Yandex – the best search engine for searches in Russian (and the best overall image search engine, in any language, anywhere)

Qwant – the best search engine for searches in French, German as well as Romance and Germanic languages.

Ecosia – a search engine that supposedly… plants trees

Duckduckgo – the real alternative and a search engine that actually works. Without much censorship or partisan politics.

Yahoo– yes, it’s still around, amazingly, miraculously, incredibly, but now it seems to be powered by Bing.

 

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