Archive for the ‘Retirement Poems’ Category

Retirement

O, let me be alone a while,
No human form is nigh.
And may I sing and muse aloud,
No mortal ear is by.
Away! ye dreams of earthly bliss,
Ye earthly cares begone:
Depart! ye …

Sam Goes To It

Sam Small had retired from the Army,
In the old Duke of Wellington’s time,
So when present unpleasantness started,
He were what you might call… past his prime.
He’d lived for some years in …

Reflections On Having Left A Place Of Retirement

Low was our pretty Cot : our tallest Rose
Peep’d at the chamber-window. We could hear
At silent noon, and eve, and early morn,
The Sea’s faint murmur. In the open air
Our Myrtles …

Retirement

Fresh fields and woods! the Earth’s fair face,
God’s foot-stool, and man’s dwelling-place.
I ask not why the first Believer
Did love to be a country liver?
Who to secure pious content
Did pitch by …

Why God Made Teachers

When God created teachers,
He gave us special friends
To help us understand His world
And truly comprehend
The beauty and the wonder
Of everything we see,
And become a better person
With each discovery.
When God created …