What is a youth

What is a youth? impetous fire!
What is a maid? Ice and desire!
The world rags on.
A rose will bloom, it then will fade.
So does a youth, so does the fairest maid.

Comes a time, when one sweet smile,
Has its season for a while,
Then love's in love with me,.
Some they think only to marry,
Others will tease and tarry.
Mine is the very best parry.
Cupid he rules us all.

Love Song from Romeo and Juliet original version 1968
Caper the caper, sing me song,
Death will come soon to hush us along.
Sweeter than honey and bitter as gall.
Love is a pastime that never will pall;
Sweeter than honey and bitter as gall,
Cupid he rules us all.

Love song from Romeo and Juliet original version 1968 - Love this

Okay this is gonna sound really corny but the posts here have inspired me (and made me cry) so i want to thank you dottie (and everyone else) for all your beautiful and thought provoking comments.
These are words that my mum gave to me when my little girl was born (don't know who its by) but thought it should have its place here.

A MOTHERS LOVE

Someday when my children are old enough to understand I will tell them...

I loved you enough to ask about where you were going, with whom and what time you would be home

I loved you enough to insist that you buy a bike, that I could afford to give you, with your own money

I loved you enough to make you return a milky way, with a bite out of it, and to confess "I stole this"

I loved you enough to let you see hurt, disappointment, disgust and tears in my eyes

I loved you enough to admit I was wrong and ask for your forgiveness

I loved you enough to let you stumble, fall and hurt

But most of all, I loved you enough to say NO when you hated me for it.
That was the hardest part of all.

This line really made me stop and think - especially about all the crap i put my mother through when i was a teen - god...if i could only turn the clock back now.....

It reminds me of a song my mother sometimes sings....

A mother's love's a blessing,
No matter where you roam.
Keep her while she's living,
You'll miss her when she's gone.
Love her as in childhood,
Though feeble,old and grey.
For you'll never miss your mother's love,
Till she's buried beneath the clay.

A Poem of Hope - composed by a young girl in Belarus, Russia, near the site of the Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster Area.

One Song can spark a moment,
One flower can wake the dream,
One tree can start a forest,
One bird can herald spring,
One smile begins a friendship,
One handclasp lifts a soul,
One star can guide a ship at sea,
One word can frame the goal,
One vote can change a nation,
One sunbeam lights a room,
One candle wipes out darkness,
One laugh will conquer gloom,
One step must start each journey,
One word must start each prayer,
One hope will raise our spirits,
One touch can show you care,
One voice can speak with wisdom,
One heart can know what's true,
One life can make the difference,
You see, it's up to YOU!

The path to a friends house is never long.......

Danish Proverb

WOW :!: i've just found this thread, thankyou Dottie for starting this thread & to the others who have contributed. I've also got a few of these, sent to me by friends. Heres one which always makes me smile, it isn't that profound:
If you lived as a child in the 40's, 50's, 60's or 70's, looking back, it's hard to believe that we have lived as long as we have.

As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or air bags. Our cots were covered with bright coloured lead-based paint.

We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors, or cupboards, & when we rode our bikes we had no helmets.

We drank water from the garden hose and not from a bottle. Horrors

We’d spend hours building go-carts out of scraps and then ride down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes a few times we learned to solve the problem.

We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on.

No one was able to reach us all day. No mobile phones. Unthinkable!!

We got cut & broke bones & teeth, & there were no law suits from these accidents. They were accidents. No one was to blame, but us.

Remember accidents?

We had fights & punched each other & got black & blue & learned to get over it.

We ate patty cakes, bread and butter, and drank cordial, but we were never overweight...we were always outside playing.

We shared one drink with four friends, from one bottle & no one died from this.

We didn’t have PlayStations, Gamecube, X-Boxes, video games, 65 channels on pay TV, videos, surround sound, mobile phones, Personal Computers, Internet chat rooms ... we had friends. We went outside & found them.

We rode bikes or walked to a friend's home and knocked on the door, or rung the bell, or just walked in & talked to them. Imagine such a thing. Without asking a parent! By ourselves! Out there in the cold cruel world! Without a guardian - how did we do it?

We made up games with sticks & tennis balls, & ate worms, & although we were told it would happen, we didn’t put out very many eyes, nor did the worms live inside us forever.

Football & Netball had tryouts & not everyone made the team. Those who didn’t had to learn to deal with disappointment...

Some students weren't as smart as others, so they failed a grade & were held back to repeat the same grade. Tests weren’t adjusted for any reason.
Our actions were our own. Consequences were expected. No one to hide behind. The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke a law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law - imagine that!
This generation has produced some of the best risk-takers and problem solvers and inventors, ever. The past 50 years has been an explosion of innovation and new ideas. We had freedom, failure, success and
responsibility, and we learned how to deal with it all. And you're one of them.

Congratulations!

Aye & we were lucky to have a packet of gravel to call our own!! Luxury!!!

My little contribution. It's long but very moving.

[b]TO MY CHILD

Just for this morning, I am going to smile when I see your face and laugh when I fel like crying.

Just for this morning, I will let you choose what you want to wear, and smile and say how perfect it is.

Just for this morning, I am going to step over the laundry, and pick you up and take you to the park to play.

Just for this morning, I will leave the dishes in the sink, and let you teach me how to put that puzzle of yours together.

Just for this afternoon, I will unplug the telephone and keep the computer off, and sit with you in the backyard and blow bubbles.

Just for this afternoon, I will not yell once, not even a tiny grumble when you scream and whine for the ice cream van, and I will buy you one if he comes by.

Just for this afternoon, I won't worry about what you are going to be when you grow up, or second guess every decision I have made where you are concerned.

Just for this afternoon, I will let you help me bake cookies, and I won't stand over you trying to fix them.

Just for this afternoon, I will take us to McDonald's and buy us both a Happy Meal so you can have both toys.

Just for this evening, I will let you splash in the tub and not get angry.

Just for this evening, I will let you stay up late while we sit on the porch and count all the stars.

Just for this evening, I will snuggle beside you for hours, and miss my favourite TV shows.

Just for this evening, when I run my fingers through your hair as you pray, I will simply be grateful that God has given me the greatest gift ever.

I will think about all the mothers and fathers who are searching for their missing children, the mothers and fathers who are visiting their childrens graves instead of their bedrooms, and mothers and fathers who are in hospital rooms watching their children suffer senselessly, and screaming inside that they can't handle it any more.

And when I kiss you goodnight I will hold you a little tighter, a little longer. It is then , that I will thank God for you, and ask him for nothing, except one more day.....

Love

Angelxxx

That was beautiful Angel Eyes. Really moving.

Thank you for sharing it with us.

Shells

Thank You

To those of you who laughed at me, thank you.
Without you I wouldn't have cried.

To those of you who just couldn't love me, thank you.
Without you I wouldn't have known real love.

To those of you who hurt my feelings, thank you.
Without you I wouldn't have felt them.

To those of you who left me lonely, thank you.
Without you I wouldn't have discovered myself.

But it is to those of you, who thought I couldn't do it.
It is you I thank the most.

Because without you I wouldn't have tried.

MUSIC - By Josh

Thank the world for music,
For it is what holds my heart and soul together,
When life brings me down,
The rhythm brings me up,
When disappointment rains on me,
The beat parts the clouds,
When desperation dries me out,
The voice is my ocean,
When sadness enters my heart,
The tempo pushes it aside with joy,
Without music my life would be
Silent.

On a similar vein:

"But don't forget the songs
That made you smile
And the songs that made you cry
When you lay in awe
On the bedroom floor
And said : "Oh, oh, smother me Mother..."
No ...
Rubber ring, rubber ring, rubber ring, rubber ring
La ...

The passing of time
And all of its crimes
Is making me sad again
The passing of time
And all of its sickening crimes
Is making me sad again
But don't forget the songs
That made you cry
And the songs that saved your life
Yes, you're older now
And you're a clever swine
But they were the only ones who ever stood by you " ~ Morrissey

Badger I'm going to have to do some serious reading of lyrics of Morriseys songs. I just love above verse, where can I go to read lyrics of his?

Hi Dottie, truly great lyricist. Anyway, this site is a great reference site for his work with The Smiths and and solo. Also contains some other information you may find interesting, such as some of the insipration for the lyrics. The lyrics can be found by clicking the link in the top banner (aptly named, Lyrics).

It May All End Tomorrow: A Smiths And Morrissey Website

Cheers Badger :D Book marked now

:)
"Don't it always seem to go, you don't know what you got till it's gone."~ Joni Mitchell

A mans mind stretched by a new idea can never go back to its original dimensions

This caused me to have a revalation, dunno why. . .but here we go.
I can't believe I had not heard this song until a few days ago . . .mind blowing stuff.

Hello, darkness, my old friend
I've come to talk with you again
Because a vision softly creeping
Left its seeds while I was sleeping
And the vision
That was planted in my brain
Still remains
Within the sound of silence

In restless dreams I walked alone
Narrow streets of cobblestone
Beneath the halo of a street lamp
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
When my eyes were stabbed
By the flash of a neon light
That split the night
And touched the sound of silence

And in the naked light I saw
Ten thousand people, maybe more
People talking without speaking
People hearing without listening
People writing songs that voices never share...
And no one dare
Disturb the sound of silence.

"Fools," said I, "you do not know
Silence like a cancer grows."
"Hear my words that I might teach you,
Take my arms that I might reach you."
But my words like silent raindrops fell,
And echoed in the wells of silence.

And the people bowed and prayed
To the neon god they made.
And the sign flashed out its warning
In the words that it was forming.
And the signs said: "The words of the prophets
Are written on the subway walls
And tenement halls,
And whisper'd in the sound of silence."

a beautiful song that,Eyeore, one i've always liked

BREN

A careless word may kindle strife.
A cruel word may wreck a life.
A timely word may level stress.
A loving word may heal and bless

Eyeore cannot believe you have never heard 'The Sound of Silence' by Simon and Garfunkel, listen some more to other works of theirs, you could be pleasantly surprised

I've heard their other stuff, and good stuff it is. I knew the song existed, I'd just never heard it in full . . .puzzling indeed. But Paul Simon truly is a great songwriter.

Dear Lord, I pray for:
Wisdom, To understand a man
Love, to forgive him and
Patience, For his moods
Because,, Lord, if I pray for Strength
I'll just beat him to death

This is one of my husbands favourite songs when I'm out with him. The other is Silence is Golden. I think it's a hint as much as anything (I'm known not to be able to keep quiet for 5 minutes) but they are both great songs.