Home walked she from the mill
Her sack was down and she
Could not lift it again.
"May I help? " "What? " "For pay! "
And in the narrow lane
Good girls shouldn't wave away
Such offers and say "nay".
That she agreed was plain.
With...
Poems by George Coșbuc about kiss, help, judges, question, things, end, good, good luck, homeThis life is a lost boon if you
Don't live it as you wanted to!
Much would a warlike, ruthless foe
Enslave us all! Our birth, we know,
Was woe enough; would you get through
Another dreadful woe?
Death, even for a godlike scion,
Is...
Poems by George Coșbuc about fight, fear, man, bad luck, enemies, law, oath, bad, fasting, peopleFrom sunny countries and skies blue
From which last automn-tide you flew,
Return, dear birds, where you belong,
Most welcome, you!
The woods, bereft of leaf and song,
Weep for they have missed you too long.
In the eternal dome of...
Poems by George Coșbuc about home, joy, country, pleasure, flowers, nature, salary, poetry, mind, thinkingYour burnt offspring's smoke will wind
Peacefully towards the skies
Only if you bear in mind
That when you go to the sun,
Your dark shadow is behind.
Silent slave whom the grim lord
Summons by a silent gesture,
He takes heed,...
Poems by George Coșbuc about shadow, smoke, sun, nothing, flight, mind, dark, light, eyes, fairy talesA soul in the soul of my people am I
And sing of its sorrows and joys,
For mine are your wounds and I cry
Whenever you do, drinking dry
That chalice of poison that's meant for Fate's toys.
Whatever your pathway, together we'll ail,...
Poems by George Coșbuc about people, heart, destiny, soul, drinking, things, man, hate, earth, loveHe had three sons and they, all three,
When called, for the encampment left;
So the poor father was bereft
Of rest and peace, for war, thought he.
Is hard - one has no time to feel
That one has ceased to be.
And many months went in...
Poems by George Coșbuc about past, man, war, fear, human imperfections, thinking, god, bankers, obstacles, day
