Beneath the Wings of Time

Oh! weep not that our beauty wears 

Beneath the wings of Time; 

That age o'erclouds the brow with cares 

That once was raised sublime... 

But mourn the inward wreck we feel 

As hoary years depart, 

And Time's effacing fingers steal 

Young feelings from the heart! 

~Robert Montgomery

Touch us Gently

TOUCH us gently, Time!

 Let us glide adown thy stream 

 Gently,—as we sometimes glide 

Through a quiet dream. 

Humble voyagers are We, 

Husband, wife, and children three—

 (One is lost,—an angel, fled 

 To the azure overhead.)

Touch us gently, Time!

 We ’ve not proud nor soaring wings: 

 Our ambition, our content, 

 Lies in simple things. 

Humble voyagers are We, 

 O’er Life’s dim, unsounded sea, 

Seeking only some calm clime;— 

Touch us gently, gentle Time!

 ~ Barry Cornwall

About the image:  A winter wildflower 

About the poem:  Barry Cornwall is the pseudonym for Bryan Procter an English poet.

This is my first exposure to his poems and this one has captured my heart.  

Droplet Duo

Each moment in time we have it all, even when we think we don't.

~ Melody Beattie


Print Available - HERE 

Brown Thrasher on a Branch

But what minutes! Count them by sensation, and not by calendars, and each moment is a day. 
~Benjamin Disraeli

Butterfly - The Departure

Not to understand a treasure's worth till time has stole away the slighted good, is cause of half the poverty we feel, and makes the world the wilderness it is. ~William Cowper

From the archives - 09-13-09 - Heritage Trail, Blacksburg, VA

Quickly it goes

Time goes by quickly

Trying to make the most of my seconds 
  my minutes  
my hours

Living Simply   
and 
Simply Living

If We Only Knew ....