It is when your spirit goes wander
That you, alone and unguarded, com
And for that wrong committed must
Like the ocean is your god—self;
It remains for ever undefiled.

My wearied heart bade me farewell
And my heart spoke to the daughter
And the daughter of Love responde
Fortune craves not Contentment, f
The eternal soul is never contente

In the silence of the night Death
When the moon fell below the horiz
When he saw the specter, he summon
Then Death spoke, softly but with
The man responded, “What do you w

Your hearts know in silence the se
But your ears thirst for the sound
You would know in words that which
You would touch with your fingers
And it is well you should.

At the city gate and by your fires
Even as slaves humble themselves b
Ay, in the grove of the temple and
And my heart bled within me; for y
You shall be free indeed when your

No man can reveal to you aught but
The teacher who walks in the shado
If he is indeed wise he does not b
The astronomer may speak to you of
The musician may sing to you of th

Once I said to a scarecrow, ‘You
lonely field.’
And he said, ‘The joy of scaring
never tire of it.’
Said I, after a minute of thought

To you the earth yields her fruit,
It is in exchanging the gifts of t
Yet unless the exchange be in love
When in the market place you toile
Invoke then the master spirit of t

As the Sun withdrew his rays from
When the birds took shelter among
After he looked about in every dir
”My soul is warning me of the doub
”Smile, my beloved, like the gold

Night fell over North Lebanon and
In a lone house near those village
A terrible roar of thunder shook t
”Be brave, my boy. Nature smiles
“Sleep, my dear child; your father