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War is kind - Stephen Crane - Ο πόλεμος είναι καλός

   EN/GR    Do not weep, maiden, for war is kind.   Because your lover threw wild hands toward the sky  And the affrighted steed ran on alone,  Do not weep.  War is kind.        Hoarse, booming drums of the regiment,        Little souls who thirst for fight,        These men were born to drill and die.        The unexplained glory flies above them,        Great is the battle-god, great, and his kingdom—        A field where a thousand corpses lie.  Do not weep, babe, for war is kind.  Because your father tumbled in the yellow trenches,  Raged at his breast, gulped and died,  Do not weep.  War is kind.        Swift, blazing flag of the regiment,       ...

My mind to me a kingdom is - Sir Edward Dyer

Sir Edward Dyer (October 1543 – May 1607) was an English courtier and poet.  EN/GR My mind to me a kingdom is; Such perfect joy therein I find  That it excels all other bliss  Which God or nature hath assign’d.  Though much I want that most would have,  Yet still my mind forbids to crave.  No princely port, nor wealthy store,  No force to win a victory,  No wily wit to salve a sore,  No shape to win a loving eye;  To none of these I yield as thrall, - For why? my mind despise them all.  I see that plenty surfeit oft,  And hasty climbers soonest fall;  I see that such as are aloft  Mishap doth threaten most of all.  These get with toil and keep with fear;  Such cares my mind can never bear. I press to bear no haughty sway,  I wish no more than may suffice,  I do no more than well I may,  Look, what I want my mind supplies.  Lo! thus I triumph like a king,  My mind content with anythi...

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