Jiangnan Song

Jiangnan Song is originally written in Chinese. The translation below is by Bijaan Noormohamed. Jiangnan Song by Zhang Xun Do not return to the king for some days; sunflowers and wild grains will serve the
A Chinese Poem

Long Odds

Long Odds by Kenneth Grahame, 1895. Long Odds For every honest reader there exist some half-dozen honest books, which he re-reads at regular intervals of six months or thereabouts. Whatever the demands on him, however
Long odds

Uses of Great Men

Uses of Great Men by Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1849 IT is natural to believe in great men. If the companions of our childhood should turn out to be heroes, and their condition regal, it would
A gathering of great men