# #English Reading - Page 11 ## Quick Navigation - [Find Partners](https://www.hellotalk.com/partners.md): Discover language exchange partners worldwide - [Language Exchange](https://www.hellotalk.com/partners/exchange.md): Practice with native speakers worldwide - [Moments](https://www.hellotalk.com/moments.md): Share your language learning journey - [Topics](https://www.hellotalk.com/topics.md): Explore trending topics and discussions - [Chat & Messaging](https://www.hellotalk.com/features/chat.md): Text, voice, and video conversations - [Voice Rooms](https://www.hellotalk.com/features/voiceroom.md): Join live audio conversations - [Live Streaming](https://www.hellotalk.com/features/live-streaming.md): Interactive classes and language sessions - [Certified Teachers](https://www.hellotalk.com/features/certified-teachers.md): Learn from professional language instructors - [Immersive Learning](https://www.hellotalk.com/features/immersive-learning.md): Learn everywhere with instant translations - [Translation Tools](https://www.hellotalk.com/features/translation.md): Instant translation between any languages - [AI-Powered Apps](https://www.hellotalk.com/aiapps.md): Access specialized learning tools - [Language AI Apps](https://www.hellotalk.com/aiapps.md): Discover our AI-powered language learning applications - [All Features](https://www.hellotalk.com/features.md): Explore all learning features and tools - [Download](https://www.hellotalk.com/download.md): Get HelloTalk on iOS and Android **631 posts** · other ## Recent Posts ### Shamus 's Post Excerpt from The Picture in the House by H.P. Lovecraft.In such houses have dwelt generations of strange people, whose like the world has never seen. Seized with a gloomy and fanatical belief which ex... 💬 14 comments · ❤️ 59 likes [View Full Post](https://www.hellotalk.com/moments/AuqOybqUSRZ2ZD.md) --- ### Shamus 's Post The Sandpiper by Celia Laighton Thaxter. Part 2 of 2.I watch him as he skims along, Uttering his sweet and mournful cry;He starts not at my fitful song, Or flash of fluttering drapery;He has no thou... 💬 9 comments · ❤️ 63 likes [View Full Post](https://www.hellotalk.com/moments/RavKM1VEEvZ2ZD.md) --- ### Shamus 's Post The Sandpiper by Celia Laighton Thaxter. Part 1 of 2.ACROSS the narrow beach we flit, One little sandpiper and I;And fast I gather, bit by bit, The scattered driftwood bleached and dry.The wild wave... 💬 10 comments · ❤️ 65 likes [View Full Post](https://www.hellotalk.com/moments/VNZzE4nHAIV2ZD.md) --- ### Shamus 's Post The Vowels: An Enigma by Jonathan Swift.WE are little airy creatures,All of different voice and features;One of us in glass is set,One of us you’ll find in jet,T’other you may see in tin,And the fourt... 💬 14 comments · ❤️ 78 likes [View Full Post](https://www.hellotalk.com/moments/RSPUrMLOBKR2ZD.md) --- ### Shamus 's Post Crossing the Bar by Alfred, Lord Tennyson.SUNSET and evening star, And one clear call for me!And may there be no moaning of the bar, When I put out to sea,But such a tide as moving seems asleep, To... 💬 9 comments · ❤️ 57 likes [View Full Post](https://www.hellotalk.com/moments/XUHKXItVzGN2ZD.md) --- ### Shamus 's Post The Cosmic Egg by Anonymous.UPON a rock yet uncreate,Amid a chaos inchoate,An uncreated being sate;Beneath him, rock,Above him, cloud.And the cloud was rock,And the rock was cloud.The rock then growin... 💬 6 comments · ❤️ 60 likes [View Full Post](https://www.hellotalk.com/moments/E5AyOUuFHHtzZD.md) --- ### Shamus 's Post Tougher Than the Rest by Bruce Springsteen.Part 1 of 2.Well it's Saturday nightYou're all dressed up in blueI been watching you awhileMaybe you been watching me tooSo somebody ran outLeft somebody's h... 💬 27 comments · ❤️ 91 likes [View Full Post](https://www.hellotalk.com/moments/qIpPHcvDXDtzZD.md) --- ### Todd's Post Many people avoid things like meeting new people or trying to enter into a new relationship because of the fear of rejection. Even individuals who are already married sometimes avoid asking their long... 💬 56 comments · ❤️ 88 likes [View Full Post](https://www.hellotalk.com/moments/ZLWzM0uDAKpzZD.md) --- ### Shamus 's Post Excerpt from Careful by Raymond Carver.She stopped at the door and looked at him, and then she opened the door and went out. He crossed the living room, went into his bedroom, and opened the bathroom ... 💬 15 comments · ❤️ 78 likes [View Full Post](https://www.hellotalk.com/moments/taDtvEJPN5LzZD.md) --- ### Shamus 's Post Quatrains by William Hamilton Hayne.MOONLIGHT SONG OF THE MOCKING-BIRDEACH golden note of music greetsThe listening leaves, divinely stirred,As if the vanished soul of KeatsHad found its new birth in ... 💬 10 comments · ❤️ 59 likes [View Full Post](https://www.hellotalk.com/moments/L5yyxIAcDPLzZD.md) --- ### Todd's Post Morning people jump out of bed in the morning cheerful and full of energy. They seem to get most of their work done before lunch. On the  other hand, night people have trouble getting up in the mornin... 💬 49 comments · ❤️ 70 likes [View Full Post](https://www.hellotalk.com/moments/y3PFpLJPtIHzZD.md) --- ### Todd's Post Respect and Manners....Home is the place where you first learn about manners and respect.>You learn about using good manners, like saying 'please' and 'thank you'.>You learn to share things like toys,... 💬 43 comments · ❤️ 52 likes [View Full Post](https://www.hellotalk.com/moments/DEMjZaMyLIHzZD.md) --- ### Shamus 's Post “Sit down, sad soul” by Bryan Waller Procter.SIT down, sad soul, and count The moments flying;Come, tell the sweet amount That ’s lost by sighing!How many smiles?—a score?Then laugh, and count no mo... 💬 12 comments · ❤️ 83 likes [View Full Post](https://www.hellotalk.com/moments/XExzRcyFRvHzZD.md) --- ### Shamus 's Post Excerpt from Marmion by Sir Walter Scott.XVII.“In brief, my lord, we both descried(For then I stood by Henry’s side)The Palmer mount, and outwards ride, Upon the earl’s own favourite steed:All sheat... 💬 9 comments · ❤️ 62 likes [View Full Post](https://www.hellotalk.com/moments/LwDWXOqkRaDzZD.md) --- ### Shamus 's Post Excerpt from Preservation by Raymond Carver.Mornings, he got up before she did and used the bathroom. Then he turned the TV on and made coffee. She thought he seemed upbeat and cheerful at that hour o... 💬 24 comments · ❤️ 75 likes [View Full Post](https://www.hellotalk.com/moments/XKWWBDMTTGDzZD.md) --- ### Shamus 's Post Excerpt from Feathers by Raymond Carver.I tell her I fell in love with her because of her hair. I tell her I might stop loving her if she cut it. Sometimes I call her “Swede.” She could pass for a Swe... 💬 37 comments · ❤️ 78 likes [View Full Post](https://www.hellotalk.com/moments/yRpNXHW2RKZzZD.md) --- ### Shamus 's Post Excerpt from Dagon by H.P. Lovecraft. I cannot think of the deep sea without shuddering at the nameless things that may at this very moment be crawling and floundering on its slimy bed, worshipping th... 💬 10 comments · ❤️ 58 likes [View Full Post](https://www.hellotalk.com/moments/ELPTLzOjuPZzZD.md) --- ### Shamus 's Post Excerpt from Cool Air by H.P. Lovecraft.He sought to distract my mind from my own seizure by speaking of his theories and experiments; and I remember his tactfully consoling me about my weak heart by ... 💬 14 comments · ❤️ 54 likes [View Full Post](https://www.hellotalk.com/moments/PIJMOxFMrLVzZD.md) --- ### Todd's Post From my student: Body language...A foreign couple came up to me while I was walking on the street. They showed me their mobile phone. I saw a familiar picture of the Buddhist Temple on his phone. They... 💬 23 comments · ❤️ 52 likes [View Full Post](https://www.hellotalk.com/moments/qWuzOtEEOIVzZD.md) --- ### Shamus 's Post To the Evening Star by Thomas Campbell. STAR that bringest home the bee,And sett’st the weary laborer free!If any star shed peace, ’t is thou, That send’st it from above,Appearing when heaven’s breat... 💬 3 comments · ❤️ 66 likes [View Full Post](https://www.hellotalk.com/moments/JQHwEyXPSmVzZD.md) --- ### Shamus 's Post The Rhodora by Ralph Waldo Emerson.Lines on Being Asked, Whence Is the Flower?IN May, when sea-winds pierced our solitudes,I found the fresh rhodora in the woods,Spreading its leafless blooms in a dam... 💬 7 comments · ❤️ 63 likes [View Full Post](https://www.hellotalk.com/moments/tcZcNvtSNxRzZD.md) --- ### Todd's Post Patience doesn’t mean ignoring problems or letting them go. If there are problems, I definitely need solutions, and I should take time to consider what those might be.Patience is dealing with the emot... 💬 46 comments · ❤️ 67 likes [View Full Post](https://www.hellotalk.com/moments/qQAPDkOIvSxJZD.md) --- ### Shamus 's Post The Rise of Man by John White Chadwick.THOU for whose birth the whole creation yearnedThrough countless ages of the morning world,Who, first in fiery vapors dimly hurled,Next to the senseless crystal ... 💬 10 comments · ❤️ 71 likes [View Full Post](https://www.hellotalk.com/moments/uQRLHGRcEStJZD.md) --- ### Shamus 's Post Different Minds by Richard Chenevix Trench.SOME murmur when their sky is clear And wholly bright to view,If one small speck of dark appear In their great heaven of blue;And some with thankful love a... 💬 8 comments · ❤️ 66 likes [View Full Post](https://www.hellotalk.com/moments/AKLbLvxjOUpJZD.md) --- ### Todd's Post I've heard a few of my friends recently here on HelloTalk getting frustrated about learning English. The frustration is normal, but do not give up! Learning a whole new language with all new rules is ... 💬 31 comments · ❤️ 105 likes [View Full Post](https://www.hellotalk.com/moments/NNqjSQXPIGpJZD.md) --- ### Shamus 's Post I saw Thee by Ray Palmer.“When thou wast under the fig-tree, I saw thee.”—JOHN i. 48.Part 2 of 2. I saw the light that o’er thy face Stole with a soft, suffusing glow,As if, within, celestial grace ... 💬 14 comments · ❤️ 70 likes [View Full Post](https://www.hellotalk.com/moments/FWBGWHODIlLJZD.md) --- ### Todd's Post If someone hurts you, betrays you or breaks your heart, forgive them for they have helped you to learn about trust and the importance of being cautious when you open your heart. If someone loves you, ... 💬 47 comments · ❤️ 70 likes [View Full Post](https://www.hellotalk.com/moments/MctuZ0SRNkHJZD.md) --- ### Todd's Post Everyone wants to be happy. Some people seem happy regardless of whatever they are going through in their lives. Others feel secure and satisfied even when they do not have the material things that ot... 💬 32 comments · ❤️ 73 likes [View Full Post](https://www.hellotalk.com/moments/MLLVHOLSXQDJZD.md) --- ### Shamus 's Post Love at First Sight by Wislawa Szymborska.Part 2 of 2.Not quite yet ready to change into destiny, which brings them nearer and yet further, cutting their path and stifling a laugh,escaping ever furthe... 💬 9 comments · ❤️ 70 likes [View Full Post](https://www.hellotalk.com/moments/EmFRDbI4ScZJZD.md) --- ### Shamus 's Post Love at First Sight by Wislawa Szymborska.Part 1 of 2.They both thought that a sudden feeling had united them.This certainty is beautiful, even more beautiful than uncertainty.They thought they didn't... 💬 18 comments · ❤️ 75 likes [View Full Post](https://www.hellotalk.com/moments/MxNKSkubukZJZD.md) --- ## Navigation - [← Previous Page](https://www.hellotalk.com/topics/english-reading/10.md) - [Next Page →](https://www.hellotalk.com/topics/english-reading/12.md) - 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