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Translated by William M. Hardinge.BREATHING the thin breath through our nostrils, weLive, and a little space the sunlight see—Even all that live—each being an instrumentT... 💬 4 comments · ❤️ 54 likes [View Full Post](https://www.hellotalk.com/moments/ZuPQJTx5NFqyZD.md) --- ### Shamus 's Post The Life That I Have by Leo Marks.The life that I haveIs all that I haveAnd the life that I haveIs yoursThe love that I haveOf the life that I haveIs yours and yours and yours.A sleep I shall haveA re... 💬 12 comments · ❤️ 65 likes [View Full Post](https://www.hellotalk.com/moments/MwDHuEJUtVIyZD.md) --- ### Todd's Post When you are talking to your friends, you pretend as though your life has no problems, no worries, no insecurities, no troubles, and everything is just cool. When your friends ask, Hey! How are you? Y... 💬 39 comments · ❤️ 78 likes [View Full Post](https://www.hellotalk.com/moments/EmnEEwTLvGIyZD.md) --- ### Shamus 's Post Love Not Me by Anonymous.LOVE not me for comely grace,For my pleasing eye or face,Nor for any outward part,No, nor for my constant heart,— For those may fail, or turn to ill, So thou and I shall s... 💬 15 comments · ❤️ 74 likes [View Full Post](https://www.hellotalk.com/moments/AmAQAVTPVGEyZD.md) --- ### Todd's Post Stop making excuses about not having enough time to learn English. By making small changes on a daily basis, learning English will become a habit instead of a chore or a headache. You don’t need to sp... 💬 42 comments · ❤️ 89 likes [View Full Post](https://www.hellotalk.com/moments/nUqOSkqOVMAyZD.md) --- ### Shamus 's Post The Saddest Fate by Anonymous.Part 2 of 2. To dream of love and rest, To know the dream has past, To bear within an aching breast Only a void at last—What sadder fate could any heart b... 💬 16 comments · ❤️ 66 likes [View Full Post](https://www.hellotalk.com/moments/NvXMxPHDR4WyZD.md) --- ### Shamus 's Post The Saddest Fate by Anonymous.Part 1 of 2. TO touch a broken lute, To strike a jangled string, To strive with tones forever mute The dear old tunes to sing—What sadder fate could any h... 💬 9 comments · ❤️ 67 likes [View Full Post](https://www.hellotalk.com/moments/L1WzEQJGBNWyZD.md) --- ### Shamus 's Post Somewhere or Other by Christina Rossetti.Somewhere or other there must surely beThe face not seen, the voice not heard,The heart that not yet—never yet—ah me!Made answer to my word.Somewhere or other,... 💬 10 comments · ❤️ 70 likes [View Full Post](https://www.hellotalk.com/moments/tOAtDLzQHLyIZD.md) --- ### Shamus 's Post Something Childish, but Very Natural by Samuel Taylor Coleridge.Written in Germany. If I had but two little wingsAnd were a little feathery bird,To you I'd fly, my dear!But thoughts like these are idl... 💬 14 comments · ❤️ 79 likes [View Full Post](https://www.hellotalk.com/moments/ZPVGFKBLnOyIZD.md) --- ### Todd's Post Respect and MannersHome 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, gam... 💬 29 comments · ❤️ 73 likes [View Full Post](https://www.hellotalk.com/moments/DmNLyFXSLauIZD.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... 💬 38 comments · ❤️ 56 likes [View Full Post](https://www.hellotalk.com/moments/SRqlzPxPRauIZD.md) --- ### Todd's Post The Amish in AmericaThe Amish, a minority group most of whom live in the United States, live a simple life. They do not use modern technology and conveniences. Transportation for the Amish is by horse... 💬 30 comments · ❤️ 92 likes [View Full Post](https://www.hellotalk.com/moments/NxARtaqau5qIZD.md) --- ### Todd's Post "I don't know who you are. I don't know what you want. If you are looking for ransom I can tell you I don't have money, but what I do have are a very particular set of skills. Skills I have acquired o... 💬 37 comments · ❤️ 79 likes [View Full Post](https://www.hellotalk.com/moments/ZcqzNvuyAPqIZD.md) --- ### Shamus 's Post A Gentle Wind by Fu Hsüan (died a.d. 278). A gentle wind fans the calm night:A bright moon shines on the high tower.A voice whispers, but no one answers when I call:A shadow stirs, but no one comes wh... 💬 7 comments · ❤️ 72 likes [View Full Post](https://www.hellotalk.com/moments/IKrTOjDMqzSIZD.md) --- ### Shamus 's Post On the Grasshopper and Cricket by John Keats.THE poetry of earth is never dead: When all the birds are faint with the hot sun, And hide in cooling trees, a voice will runFrom hedge to hedge about ... 💬 9 comments · ❤️ 71 likes [View Full Post](https://www.hellotalk.com/moments/ItzMLyqMucOIZD.md) --- ### Shamus 's Post Kate Temple’s Song by Sir James Carnegie, Earl of Southesk.ONLY a touch, and nothing more:Ah! but never so touched before!Touch of lip, was it? Touch of hand?Either is easy to understand.Earth may be ... 💬 7 comments · ❤️ 69 likes [View Full Post](https://www.hellotalk.com/moments/WDFRZHtEEIOIZD.md) --- ### Shamus 's Post Bright Star by John Keats.Bright star, would I were stedfast as thou art-Not in lone splendour hung aloft the nightAnd watching, with eternal lids apart,Like nature's patient, sleepless Eremite,The mo... 💬 12 comments · ❤️ 62 likes [View Full Post](https://www.hellotalk.com/moments/nOxQBKtRLvOIZD.md) --- ### Shamus 's Post How Do I Love Thee? by Elizabeth Barrett BrowningHow do I love thee? Let me count the ways.I love thee to the depth and breadth and heightMy soul can reach, when feeling out of sightFor the ends of be... 💬 9 comments · ❤️ 69 likes [View Full Post](https://www.hellotalk.com/moments/AxrSqKA5VbySZD.md) --- ### Shamus 's Post Leisure by William Henry Davies.What is this life if, full of care,We have no time to stand and stare.No time to stand beneath the boughsAnd stare as long as sheep or cows.No time to see, when woods w... 💬 8 comments · ❤️ 90 likes [View Full Post](https://www.hellotalk.com/moments/SFqIp4DlFRySZD.md) --- ### Shamus 's Post Christmas Bells by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.Part 2 of 2.It was as if an earthquake rentThe hearth-stones of a continent, And made forlorn The households bornOf peace on earth, good-will to men... 💬 5 comments · ❤️ 62 likes [View Full Post](https://www.hellotalk.com/moments/rTZMnIxSRLuSZD.md) --- ### Shamus 's Post Christmas Bells by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.Part 1 of 2.I heard the bells on Christmas DayTheir old, familiar carols play, And wild and sweet The words repeatOf peace on earth, good-will to me... 💬 11 comments · ❤️ 57 likes [View Full Post](https://www.hellotalk.com/moments/XGDjZvnOV2uSZD.md) --- ### Shamus 's Post Chance by Xu Zhimo. I am a cloud in the sky,A chance shadow on the wave of your heart.Don't be surprised,Or too elated;In an instant I shall vanish without trace.We meet on the sea of dark night,You o... 💬 8 comments · ❤️ 67 likes [View Full Post](https://www.hellotalk.com/moments/SWxIXDTSALMSZD.md) --- ### Shamus 's Post No Coward Soul is Mine by Emily Brontë. Part 1 of 2. No coward soul is mineNo trembler in the world's storm-troubled sphereI see Heaven's glories shineAnd Faith shines equal arming me from FearO God w... 💬 5 comments · ❤️ 60 likes [View Full Post](https://www.hellotalk.com/moments/V4DStaxjE2ISZD.md) --- ### Shamus 's Post Excerpt from honey pie by Haruki Murakami.Translated by Jay Rubin.“Junpei is telling me the story of Masakichi the bear,” Sala said. “He’s the all-time Number One honey bear, but he doesn’t have any f... 💬 9 comments · ❤️ 78 likes [View Full Post](https://www.hellotalk.com/moments/xIMFL1DxTWESZD.md) --- ### Shamus 's Post Excerpt from honey pie by Haruki Murakami.Translated by Jay Rubin.He thought about his early days in college. He could still hear Takatsuki the first time they met in class saying, “Hey, let’s get som... 💬 6 comments · ❤️ 57 likes [View Full Post](https://www.hellotalk.com/moments/NvATVQPQAwESZD.md) --- ### Shamus 's Post Life by Charlotte Brontë.LIFE, believe, is not a dreamSo dark as sages say;Oft a little morning rainForetells a pleasant day.Sometimes there are clouds of gloom,But these are transient all;If the show... 💬 12 comments · ❤️ 69 likes [View Full Post](https://www.hellotalk.com/moments/xQDKpaZQVzASZD.md) --- ### Todd's Post Every 30 seconds, a teenager in America attempts suicide due to bullying.  Here are some alarming facts about bullying in the United States:1. 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