Wars in old times
Wars in old times were made to get slaves. The modern implement of imposing slavery is debt. Ezra Pound
Old Time
I have very warm
I have very warm memories about New York, about the old times, mostly the ’60s. Erro
What I miss today
What I miss today more than anything else – I don’t go to church as much anymore – but that old-time religion, that old singing, that old praying which I love so much. That is the great strength of my being, of my writing. Ernest Gaines
No more cutting grams,
No more cutting grams, and wrapping grands up in rubber-bands, I’m a recovered man, our plans ta discover other lands, suburban places got me seeking for an oasis, cristal by the cases, ladies of all races with dime faces, sex on the white sand beaches of Saint Thomas, though this ain’t promised, I’m as determined … Read more
When a theater goes
When a theater goes dark for the night, a stagehand leaves a lighted lamp on stage. No one knows why any more, but some old timers say it is to keep the ghosts away. Others say it lights the stage for the ghosts to play. Whichever theory one adheres to, most people agree: a great … Read more
The conservative may clamor
The conservative may clamor against reform, but he might as well clamor against the centrifugal force. He sighs for the \”good old times,\”–he might as well wish the oak back into the acorn. Edwin Hubbel Chapin
O, Times! O, Manners!
O, Times! O, Manners! It is my opinion That you are changing sadly your dominion I mean the reign of manners hath long ceased, For men have none at all, or bad at least; And as for times, altho’ ’tis said by many The \”good old times\” were far the worst of any, Of which … Read more
But evil things, in
But evil things, in robes of sorrow, Assailed the monarch’s high estate; (Ah, let us mourn, for never morrow Shall dawn upon him desolate!) And round about his home the glory That blushed and bloomed, Is but a dim-remembered story Of the old time entombed. Edgar Allan Poe
Through the cold time
Through the cold time she holds me with evergreen devotion she bears up my whiteness. Earle Birney
Are we going to
Are we going to take the hands of the federal government completely off any effort to adjust the growing of national crops, and go right straight back to the old principle that every farmer is a lord of his own farm and can do anything he wants, raise anything, any old time, in any quantity, … Read more