“Thou little bird, thou dweller by the sea, Why takest thou its melancholy voice, And with that boding cry Along the waves dost thou fly? Oh! rather, bird, with me Through this fair land rejoice!” LittlesVoiceSeaLandCryBirdFairsWaveMelancholyRejoiceDwellers Author:Richard Henry Dana, Jr.
“It's a warm wind, the west wind, full of birds' cries; I never hear the west wind but tears are in my eyes. For it comes from the west lands, the old brown hills, And April's in the West wind, and daffodils.” EyeLandCryTearsWindBirdWestWarmHillsBrownAprilDaffodil Book:The Poems and Plays of John Masefield: Poems Source: The Poems and Plays of John Masefield: Poems
“Cursed be all those on land and sea who eat their fill, cursed be all those who starve yet raise no hand in protest, cursed be all the bread, the wine, the meat which day by day descends deep in the entrails of the exploited man and turns not into freedom's cry, the murderer's ruthless knife!” MenHandsTurnsSeaLandCryRaisesWineBreadMeatProtestKnivesMurdererRuthlessCursedLand And Sea Author:Nikos Kazantzakis
“Milk-livered man, That bear'st a cheek for blows, a head for wrongs; Who hast not in thy brows an eye discerning Thine honor from thy suffering; [that not know'st Fools do those villains pity who are punished Ere they have done their mischief. Where's thy drum? France spreads his banners in our noiseless land, With plumed helm thy state begins to threat, Whilst thou, a moral fool, sits still and cries 'Alack, why does he so?']” KnowsMenDoeStillsStatesDoneEyeSufferingMoralLandCryFoolBearsHonorThreatBlowSpreadPityFranceMilkVillainCowardiceCheeksMischiefBrowsBannerDiscerningHelm Author:William Shakespeare
“The blood of Abraham, God's father of the chosen, still flows in the veins of Arab, Jew, and Christian, and too much of it has been spilled in grasping for the inheritance of the revered patriarch in the Middle East. The spilled blood in the Holy Land still cries out to God--an anguished cry for peace.” Has BeensStillsChristianReligionFatherToo MuchBloodLandMiddleCryHolyFlowJewEastChosenMiddle EastVeinsInheritanceAbrahamGraspingHoly LandPatriarch Book:We Can Have Peace in the Holy Land Source: We Can Have Peace in the Holy Land