infant – Robin’s Nest

All the World’s a Stage

by William Shakespeare All the world’s a stage,And all the men and women merely players;They have their exits and their entrances,And one man in his life plays many parts,His acts being seven stages. At first, the infant,Mewling and puking in the nurse’s arms.Then the whining schoolboy, with his satchelAnd shining morning face, creeping like aContinue reading “All the World’s a Stage”

The Poet As Hero

by Siegfried Sassoon You’ve heard me, scornful, harsh, and discontented, Mocking and loathing War: you’ve asked me why Of my old, silly sweetness I’ve repented– My ecstasies changed to an ugly cry. You are aware that once I sought the Grail, Riding in armour bright, serene and strong; And it was told that through myContinue reading “The Poet As Hero”