I love to compare different time frames. Poetry can evoke the time of the subject. By a very careful choice of words you can evoke an era completely throw the poem into a different time scale.
I know how men in exile feed on dreams.
What is there more kindly than the feeling between host and guest?
It is good even for old men to learn wisdom.
Of prosperity mortals can never have enough.
Dreams are the touchstones of our characters.
Dare to live the life you have dreamed for yourself. Go forward and make...
When you go in search of honey, you must expect to be stung by bees.
