[MEG33]

Happy Weekend To The Lair

Cedarmere,Long Island New York
New York home of poet and publisher, William Cullen Bryant
(1794-1878).
MUTATION~ William Cullen Bryant

Hey talk of short-lived pleasure--be it so--
Pain dies as quickly: stem, hard-featured pain
Expires, and lets her weary prisoner go.
The fiercest agonies have shortest reign;
And after dreams of horror, comes again
The welcome morning with its rays of peace.
Oblivion, softly wiping out the stain,
Makes the strong secret pangs of shame to cease.
Remorse is virtue's root; its fair increase
Are fruits of innocence and blessedness:
Thus joy, o'erborne and bound, doth still release
His young limbs from the chains that round him press.
Weep not that the world changes--did it keep
A stable changeless state, 'twere cause indeed to weep.

[NY Attitude]

Morning MEG! What a beautiful picture of a Long Island home and accompanying poetry. I have been to the Vanderbilt Planetarium on Long Island with its massive and beautiful home and grounds. Hope that you are well.

[Soaring Feather]

Hi Meg, absolutely lovely, both the picture frame and the poetry. Nice to see my home state featured. The snow adds a nice meringue icing.

[Lady Jag]