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Rhyme and Reason; a Compilation of Verses, Rhymes and Senses

by Dom

Pages
about 13
Category
Literature & Fiction
Language
English
Reading time
15 min at 250 wpm
Start readingThe whole book, as cards or one word at a time. 8 min at 450 wpm in Read mode.

From the opening

The pall of the darkest hour Is lifted by Faith's power Let burn your resolve's ardour There's relief in Hope's harbour! 8>)

one over two I am not two of three they said not three times four she had not four from five he knew not five and six a naught not six sevens they saw not seven eights it was not eight nines they brought not nine a ten it is not Good heavens is what I've got! 8>)

The world is well and sane From my eyeview's windowpane While Good charged and shook its mane Thoughts drift on a saunterly train 8>)

Lady Fortune nudges coyly Pandora strikes stealthily Hope stays in purposeful wait All that's Good, it's not too late 8>)

The Archer pulls his bowstring Yonder what lies in hiding One shot hits its target true Hinders doubts which worries spew 8>)

Though oft cautioned we pass unwarily An earthly life's junctures and maze Fitting pieces circumstantially In wakeful awareness and daze 8>)

Circumstance is fleeting We run with the current and do what we must In retrospect fitting Ignorant of present and wise of the past 8>)

Chaos plays Jack-in-a-Box Father Time oils his clocks Mother Nature preens her hair Courage makes his own chair Fate deals her card deck Past is ever dwelling back Present plays with Here and Now Future poses with When and How Peace reclines in sweet repose Purity, not a spot on her clothes Wish speculates wistfully Reality alters mercurially Sleep is strictly not to be disturbed Wakefulness stirs on its own turf

Those which have been named Our tempers they have tamed Spans of ages they have reigned Outlasting Pride and things vain 8>)

From its perch molten orb uncovers day As diurnal beings emerge to seek hay From its perch Certainty clears murky As it hands Conscience the masterkey 8>)

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