{"id":13972,"date":"2023-08-31T06:11:04","date_gmt":"2023-08-31T06:11:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/?page_id=13972"},"modified":"2023-10-16T04:44:29","modified_gmt":"2023-10-16T04:44:29","slug":"upper-school-poems","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/upper-school-poems\/","title":{"rendered":"Upper School Poems"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;1. I dream of a time<br \/>\n(John Foster )&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|text_align:left|color:%23673ab7&#8243; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;9194&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-13972-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/upper-school-poems\/US1-I-dream-of-a-time.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/upper-school-poems\/US1-I-dream-of-a-time.mp3\">https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/upper-school-poems\/US1-I-dream-of-a-time.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-69d31058ba0ab\" data-id=\"69d31058ba0ab\" data-height=\"15\" data-height-mobile=\"15\" data-height-tab=\"15\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div>[vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<button><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/upper-school-poems\/US1-I-dream-of-a-time.mp3\" download=\"\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Click Here to Download the MP3<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/button>[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-69d31058ba1d8\" data-id=\"69d31058ba1d8\" data-height=\"15\" data-height-mobile=\"15\" data-height-tab=\"15\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div>[vc_column_text]When the only blades are blades of corn<br \/>\nWhen the only barrels are barrels of wine<br \/>\nWhen the only tanks are full of water<br \/>\nWhen the only chains are chains of hands.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;14028&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_text_separator title=&#8221;&#8221; color=&#8221;juicy_pink&#8221; style=&#8221;dotted&#8221; border_width=&#8221;3&#8243;]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-69d31058ba346\" data-id=\"69d31058ba346\" data-height=\"50\" data-height-mobile=\"50\" data-height-tab=\"50\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;2. If<br \/>\n(Rudyard Kipling)&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|text_align:left|color:%23673ab7&#8243; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;9194&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-13972-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/upper-school-poems\/US2-IF.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/upper-school-poems\/US2-IF.mp3\">https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/upper-school-poems\/US2-IF.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<button><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/upper-school-poems\/US2-IF.mp3\" download=\"\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Click Here to Download the MP3<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/button>[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-69d31058ba51b\" data-id=\"69d31058ba51b\" data-height=\"15\" data-height-mobile=\"15\" data-height-tab=\"15\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div>[vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]If you can keep your head when all about you<\/p>\n<p>Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,<\/p>\n<p>If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,<\/p>\n<p>But make allowance for their doubting too;<\/p>\n<p>If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,<\/p>\n<p>Or being lied about, don\u2019t deal in lies,<\/p>\n<p>Or being hated, don\u2019t give way to hating,<\/p>\n<p>And yet don\u2019t look too good, nor talk too wise:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you can dream\u2014and not make dreams your master;<\/p>\n<p>If you can think\u2014and not make thoughts your aim;<\/p>\n<p>If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster<\/p>\n<p>And treat those two impostors just the same;<\/p>\n<p>If you can bear to hear the truth you\u2019ve spoken<\/p>\n<p>Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,<\/p>\n<p>Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,<\/p>\n<p>And stoop and build \u2019em up with worn-out tools:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you can make one heap of all your winnings<\/p>\n<p>And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,<\/p>\n<p>And lose, and start again at your beginnings<\/p>\n<p>And never breathe a word about your loss;<\/p>\n<p>If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew<\/p>\n<p>To serve your turn long after they are gone,<\/p>\n<p>And so hold on when there is nothing in you<\/p>\n<p>Except the Will which says to them: \u2018Hold on!\u2019<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,<\/p>\n<p>Or walk with Kings\u2014nor lose the common touch,<\/p>\n<p>If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,<\/p>\n<p>If all men count with you, but none too much;<\/p>\n<p>If you can fill the unforgiving minute<\/p>\n<p>With sixty seconds\u2019 worth of distance run,<\/p>\n<p>Yours is the Earth and everything that\u2019s in it,<\/p>\n<p>And\u2014which is more\u2014you\u2019ll be a Man, my son![\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;14029&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_text_separator title=&#8221;&#8221; color=&#8221;juicy_pink&#8221; style=&#8221;dotted&#8221; border_width=&#8221;3&#8243;]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-69d31058ba5ca\" data-id=\"69d31058ba5ca\" data-height=\"50\" data-height-mobile=\"50\" data-height-tab=\"50\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;3. A Poison Tree<br \/>\n(WILLIAM BLAKE)&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|text_align:left|color:%23673ab7&#8243; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;9194&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-13972-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/upper-school-poems\/US3-A-Poison-Tree.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/upper-school-poems\/US3-A-Poison-Tree.mp3\">https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/upper-school-poems\/US3-A-Poison-Tree.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<button><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/upper-school-poems\/US3-A-Poison-Tree.mp3\" download=\"\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Click Here to Download the MP3<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/button>[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-69d31058ba747\" data-id=\"69d31058ba747\" data-height=\"15\" data-height-mobile=\"15\" data-height-tab=\"15\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div>[vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;2\/5&#8243;][vc_column_text]I was angry with my friend;<\/p>\n<p>I told my wrath, my wrath did end.<\/p>\n<p>I was angry with my foe:<\/p>\n<p>I told it not, my wrath did grow.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And I waterd it in fears,<\/p>\n<p>Night &amp; morning with my tears:<\/p>\n<p>And I sunned it with smiles,<\/p>\n<p>And with soft deceitful wiles.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And it grew both day and night.<\/p>\n<p>Till it bore an apple bright.<\/p>\n<p>And my foe beheld it shine,<\/p>\n<p>And he knew that it was mine.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And into my garden stole,<\/p>\n<p>When the night had veild the pole;<\/p>\n<p>In the morning glad I see;<\/p>\n<p>My foe outstretched beneath the tree.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;3\/5&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;14051&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_text_separator title=&#8221;&#8221; color=&#8221;juicy_pink&#8221; style=&#8221;dotted&#8221; border_width=&#8221;3&#8243;]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-69d31058ba85a\" data-id=\"69d31058ba85a\" data-height=\"50\" data-height-mobile=\"50\" data-height-tab=\"50\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;4. Sea-Fever<br \/>\n(JOHN MASEFIELD)&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|text_align:left|color:%23673ab7&#8243; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;9194&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-13972-4\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/upper-school-poems\/US4-Sea-Fever.mp3?_=4\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/upper-school-poems\/US4-Sea-Fever.mp3\">https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/upper-school-poems\/US4-Sea-Fever.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<button><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/upper-school-poems\/US4-Sea-Fever.mp3\" download=\"\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Click Here to Download the MP3<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/button>[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-69d31058ba9d7\" data-id=\"69d31058ba9d7\" data-height=\"15\" data-height-mobile=\"15\" data-height-tab=\"15\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div>[vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky,<\/p>\n<p>And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by;<\/p>\n<p>And the wheel\u2019s kick and the wind\u2019s song and the white sail\u2019s shaking,<\/p>\n<p>And a grey mist on the sea\u2019s face, and a grey dawn breaking.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I must go down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide<\/p>\n<p>Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied;<\/p>\n<p>And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying,<\/p>\n<p>And the flung spray and the blown spume, and the sea-gulls crying.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I must go down to the seas again, to the vagrant gypsy life,<\/p>\n<p>To the gull\u2019s way and the whale\u2019s way where the wind\u2019s like a whetted knife;<\/p>\n<p>And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellow-rover,<\/p>\n<p>And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick\u2019s over.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;14031&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_text_separator title=&#8221;&#8221; color=&#8221;juicy_pink&#8221; style=&#8221;dotted&#8221; border_width=&#8221;3&#8243;]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-69d31058baa5d\" data-id=\"69d31058baa5d\" data-height=\"50\" data-height-mobile=\"50\" data-height-tab=\"50\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;5. Be like the Bird<br \/>\n(Victor Hugo)&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|text_align:left|color:%23673ab7&#8243; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;9194&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-13972-5\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/upper-school-poems\/US5-Be-like-the-Bird.mp3?_=5\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/upper-school-poems\/US5-Be-like-the-Bird.mp3\">https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/upper-school-poems\/US5-Be-like-the-Bird.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<button><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/upper-school-poems\/US5-Be-like-the-Bird.mp3\" download=\"\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Click Here to Download the MP3<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/button>[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-69d31058bab9d\" data-id=\"69d31058bab9d\" data-height=\"15\" data-height-mobile=\"15\" data-height-tab=\"15\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div>[vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]Be like the bird, who<br \/>\nHalting in his flight<br \/>\nOn limb too slight<br \/>\nFeels it give way beneath him,<br \/>\nYet sings<br \/>\nKnowing he hath wings.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;14032&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_text_separator title=&#8221;&#8221; color=&#8221;juicy_pink&#8221; style=&#8221;dotted&#8221; border_width=&#8221;3&#8243;]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-69d31058bac42\" data-id=\"69d31058bac42\" data-height=\"50\" data-height-mobile=\"50\" data-height-tab=\"50\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;6. \u201cTHERE IS ANOTHER SKY\u201d<br \/>\n(EMILY DICKINSON)&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|text_align:left|color:%23673ab7&#8243; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;9194&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-13972-6\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/upper-school-poems\/US6-THERE-IS-ANOTHER-SKY.mp3?_=6\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/upper-school-poems\/US6-THERE-IS-ANOTHER-SKY.mp3\">https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/upper-school-poems\/US6-THERE-IS-ANOTHER-SKY.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<button><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/upper-school-poems\/US6-THERE-IS-ANOTHER-SKY.mp3\" download=\"\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Click Here to Download the MP3<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/button>[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-69d31058bae30\" data-id=\"69d31058bae30\" data-height=\"15\" data-height-mobile=\"15\" data-height-tab=\"15\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div>[vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;2\/5&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 150%; background: white; vertical-align: baseline; margin: 0in 0in .25in 0in;\">There is another sky,<br \/>\nEver serene and fair,<br \/>\nAnd there is another sunshine,<br \/>\nThough it be darkness there;<br \/>\nNever mind faded forests, Austin,<br \/>\nNever mind silent fields \u2013<br \/>\nHere is a little forest,<br \/>\nWhose leaf is ever green;<br \/>\nHere is a brighter garden,<br \/>\nWhere not a frost has been;<br \/>\nIn its unfading flowers<br \/>\nI hear the bright bee hum:<br \/>\nPrithee, my brother,<br \/>\nInto my garden come!<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;3\/5&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;14033&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_text_separator title=&#8221;&#8221; color=&#8221;juicy_pink&#8221; style=&#8221;dotted&#8221; border_width=&#8221;3&#8243;]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-69d31058baeab\" data-id=\"69d31058baeab\" data-height=\"50\" data-height-mobile=\"50\" data-height-tab=\"50\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;7. Along the Road<br \/>\n(Robert Browning Hamilton)&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|text_align:left|color:%23673ab7&#8243; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;9194&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-13972-7\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/upper-school-poems\/US7-Along-the-Road.mp3?_=7\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/upper-school-poems\/US7-Along-the-Road.mp3\">https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/upper-school-poems\/US7-Along-the-Road.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<button><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/upper-school-poems\/US7-Along-the-Road.mp3\" download=\"\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Click Here to Download the MP3<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/button>[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-69d31058bafe3\" data-id=\"69d31058bafe3\" data-height=\"15\" data-height-mobile=\"15\" data-height-tab=\"15\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div>[vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]I WALKED a mile with Pleasure;<br \/>\nShe chattered all the way,<br \/>\nBut left me none the wiser<br \/>\nFor all she had to say.<\/p>\n<p>I walked a mile with Sorrow<br \/>\nAnd ne&#8217;er a word said she;<br \/>\nBut oh, the things I learned from her<br \/>\nWhen Sorrow walked with me![\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;14034&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_text_separator title=&#8221;&#8221; color=&#8221;juicy_pink&#8221; style=&#8221;dotted&#8221; border_width=&#8221;3&#8243;]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-69d31058bb082\" data-id=\"69d31058bb082\" data-height=\"50\" data-height-mobile=\"50\" data-height-tab=\"50\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;8. Light<br \/>\n(Francis William Bourdillon)&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|text_align:left|color:%23673ab7&#8243; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;9194&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-13972-8\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/upper-school-poems\/US8-Light.mp3?_=8\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/upper-school-poems\/US8-Light.mp3\">https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/upper-school-poems\/US8-Light.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<button><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/upper-school-poems\/US8-Light.mp3\" download=\"\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Click Here to Download the MP3<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/button>[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-69d31058bb1bd\" data-id=\"69d31058bb1bd\" data-height=\"15\" data-height-mobile=\"15\" data-height-tab=\"15\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div>[vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]The night has a thousand eyes,<br \/>\nAnd the day but one;<br \/>\nYet the light of the bright world dies<br \/>\nWith the dying sun.<\/p>\n<p>The mind has a thousand eyes,<br \/>\nAnd the heart but one;<br \/>\nYet the light of a whole life dies,<br \/>\nWhen love is done.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;14035&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_text_separator title=&#8221;&#8221; color=&#8221;juicy_pink&#8221; style=&#8221;dotted&#8221; border_width=&#8221;3&#8243;]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-69d31058bb229\" data-id=\"69d31058bb229\" data-height=\"50\" data-height-mobile=\"50\" data-height-tab=\"50\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;9. What are Heavy?<br \/>\n(Christina Rossetti)&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|text_align:left|color:%23673ab7&#8243; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;9194&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-13972-9\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/upper-school-poems\/US9-What-are-Heavy.mp3?_=9\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/upper-school-poems\/US9-What-are-Heavy.mp3\">https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/upper-school-poems\/US9-What-are-Heavy.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<button><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/upper-school-poems\/US9-What-are-Heavy.mp3\" download=\"\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Click Here to Download the MP3<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/button>[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-69d31058bb33e\" data-id=\"69d31058bb33e\" data-height=\"15\" data-height-mobile=\"15\" data-height-tab=\"15\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div>[vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]What are heavy? Sea-sand and sorrow;<br \/>\nWhat are brief? Today and tomorrow;<br \/>\nWhat are frail? Spring blossoms and youth;<br \/>\nWhat are deep? The ocean and truth.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;14037&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_text_separator title=&#8221;&#8221; color=&#8221;juicy_pink&#8221; style=&#8221;dotted&#8221; border_width=&#8221;3&#8243;]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-69d31058bb3a2\" data-id=\"69d31058bb3a2\" data-height=\"50\" data-height-mobile=\"50\" data-height-tab=\"50\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;10. Do not stand at my grave and weep<br \/>\n(Mary Elizabeth Fry)&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|text_align:left|color:%23673ab7&#8243; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;9194&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-13972-10\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/upper-school-poems\/US10-Do-not-stand-at-my-grave-and-weep.mp3?_=10\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/upper-school-poems\/US10-Do-not-stand-at-my-grave-and-weep.mp3\">https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/upper-school-poems\/US10-Do-not-stand-at-my-grave-and-weep.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<button><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/upper-school-poems\/US10-Do-not-stand-at-my-grave-and-weep.mp3\" download=\"\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Click Here to Download the MP3<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/button>[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-69d31058bb53b\" data-id=\"69d31058bb53b\" data-height=\"15\" data-height-mobile=\"15\" data-height-tab=\"15\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div>[vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]Do not stand at my grave and weep<\/p>\n<p>I am not there. I do not sleep.<br \/>\nI am a thousand winds that blow.<br \/>\nI am the diamond glints on snow.<br \/>\nI am the sunlight on ripened grain.<br \/>\nI am the gentle autumn rain.<br \/>\nWhen you awaken in the morning&#8217;s hush<br \/>\nI am the swift uplifting rush<br \/>\nOf quiet birds in circled flight.<br \/>\nI am the soft stars that shine at night.<br \/>\nDo not stand at my grave and cry;<br \/>\nI am not there. I did not die.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;14038&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_text_separator title=&#8221;&#8221; color=&#8221;juicy_pink&#8221; style=&#8221;dotted&#8221; border_width=&#8221;3&#8243;]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-69d31058bb60e\" data-id=\"69d31058bb60e\" data-height=\"50\" data-height-mobile=\"50\" data-height-tab=\"50\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;11. Abou Ben Adhem<br \/>\n(LEIGH HUNT)&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|text_align:left|color:%23673ab7&#8243; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;9194&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-13972-11\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/upper-school-poems\/US11-Abou-Ben-Adhem.mp3?_=11\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/upper-school-poems\/US11-Abou-Ben-Adhem.mp3\">https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/upper-school-poems\/US11-Abou-Ben-Adhem.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<button><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/upper-school-poems\/US11-Abou-Ben-Adhem.mp3\" download=\"\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Click Here to Download the MP3<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/button>[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-69d31058bb7d8\" data-id=\"69d31058bb7d8\" data-height=\"15\" data-height-mobile=\"15\" data-height-tab=\"15\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div>[vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]Abou Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase!)<\/p>\n<p>Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace,<\/p>\n<p>And saw, within the moonlight in his room,<\/p>\n<p>Making it rich, and like a lily in bloom,<\/p>\n<p>An angel writing in a book of gold:\u2014<\/p>\n<p>Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold,<\/p>\n<p>And to the presence in the room he said,<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What writest thou?&#8221;\u2014The vision raised its head,<\/p>\n<p>And with a look made of all sweet accord,<\/p>\n<p>Answered, &#8220;The names of those who love the Lord.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And is mine one?&#8221; said Abou. &#8220;Nay, not so,&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Replied the angel. Abou spoke more low,<\/p>\n<p>But cheerly still; and said, &#8220;I pray thee, then,<\/p>\n<p>Write me as one that loves his fellow men.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The angel wrote, and vanished. The next night<\/p>\n<p>It came again with a great wakening light,<\/p>\n<p>And showed the names whom love of God had blest,<\/p>\n<p>And lo! Ben Adhem&#8217;s name led all the rest[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;14039&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_text_separator title=&#8221;&#8221; color=&#8221;juicy_pink&#8221; style=&#8221;dotted&#8221; border_width=&#8221;3&#8243;]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-69d31058bb844\" data-id=\"69d31058bb844\" data-height=\"50\" data-height-mobile=\"50\" data-height-tab=\"50\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;12. The Snare<br \/>\n(James Stephens)&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|text_align:left|color:%23673ab7&#8243; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;9194&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-13972-12\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/upper-school-poems\/US12-The-Snare.mp3?_=12\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/upper-school-poems\/US12-The-Snare.mp3\">https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/upper-school-poems\/US12-The-Snare.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<button><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/upper-school-poems\/US12-The-Snare.mp3\" download=\"\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Click Here to Download the MP3<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/button>[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-69d31058bba06\" data-id=\"69d31058bba06\" data-height=\"15\" data-height-mobile=\"15\" data-height-tab=\"15\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div>[vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]I hear a sudden cry of pain!<br \/>\nThere is a rabbit in a snare:<br \/>\nNow I hear the cry again,<br \/>\nBut I cannot tell from where.<\/p>\n<p>But I cannot tell from where<br \/>\nHe is calling out for aid!<br \/>\nCrying on the frightened air,<br \/>\nMaking everything afraid!<\/p>\n<p>Making everything afraid!<br \/>\nWrinkling up his little face!<br \/>\nAnd he cries again for aid;<br \/>\n&#8211; and I cannot find the place!<\/p>\n<p>And I cannot find the place<br \/>\nWhere his paw is in the snare!<br \/>\nLittle One! Oh, Little One!<br \/>\nI am searching everywhere![\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;14053&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_text_separator title=&#8221;&#8221; color=&#8221;juicy_pink&#8221; style=&#8221;dotted&#8221; border_width=&#8221;3&#8243;]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-69d31058bba86\" data-id=\"69d31058bba86\" data-height=\"50\" data-height-mobile=\"50\" data-height-tab=\"50\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;13. Daffodils<br \/>\n(William Wordsworth)&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|text_align:left|color:%23673ab7&#8243; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;9194&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-13972-13\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/upper-school-poems\/US13-Daffodils.mp3?_=13\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/upper-school-poems\/US13-Daffodils.mp3\">https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/upper-school-poems\/US13-Daffodils.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<button><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/upper-school-poems\/US13-Daffodils.mp3\" download=\"\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Click Here to Download the MP3<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/button>[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-69d31058bbbb5\" data-id=\"69d31058bbbb5\" data-height=\"15\" data-height-mobile=\"15\" data-height-tab=\"15\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div>[vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]I wandered lonely as a cloud<\/p>\n<p>That floats on high o&#8217;er vales and hills,<\/p>\n<p>When all at once I saw a crowd,<\/p>\n<p>A host, of golden daffodils;<\/p>\n<p>Beside the lake, beneath the trees,<\/p>\n<p>Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Continuous as the stars that shine<\/p>\n<p>And twinkle on the milky way,<\/p>\n<p>They stretched in never-ending line<\/p>\n<p>Along the margin of a bay:<\/p>\n<p>Ten thousand saw I at a glance,<\/p>\n<p>Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The waves beside them danced; but they<\/p>\n<p>Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:<\/p>\n<p>A poet could not but be gay,<\/p>\n<p>In such a jocund company:<\/p>\n<p>I gazed\u2014and gazed\u2014but little thought<\/p>\n<p>What wealth the show to me had brought:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For oft, when on my couch I lie<\/p>\n<p>In vacant or in pensive mood,<\/p>\n<p>They flash upon that inward eye<\/p>\n<p>Which is the bliss of solitude;<\/p>\n<p>And then my heart with pleasure fills,<\/p>\n<p>And dances with the daffodils.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;14041&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_text_separator title=&#8221;&#8221; color=&#8221;juicy_pink&#8221; style=&#8221;dotted&#8221; border_width=&#8221;3&#8243;]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-69d31058bbc16\" data-id=\"69d31058bbc16\" data-height=\"50\" data-height-mobile=\"50\" data-height-tab=\"50\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;14. The Charge of the Light Brigade<br \/>\n(ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON)&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|text_align:left|color:%23673ab7&#8243; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;9194&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-13972-14\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/upper-school-poems\/US14-The-Charge-of-the-Light-Brigade.mp3?_=14\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/upper-school-poems\/US14-The-Charge-of-the-Light-Brigade.mp3\">https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/upper-school-poems\/US14-The-Charge-of-the-Light-Brigade.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<button><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/upper-school-poems\/US14-The-Charge-of-the-Light-Brigade.mp3\" download=\"\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Click Here to Download the MP3<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/button>[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-69d31058bbd4e\" data-id=\"69d31058bbd4e\" data-height=\"15\" data-height-mobile=\"15\" data-height-tab=\"15\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div>[vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<strong>I<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Half a league, half a league,<\/p>\n<p>Half a league onward,<\/p>\n<p>All in the valley of Death<\/p>\n<p>Rode the six hundred.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cForward, the Light Brigade!<\/p>\n<p>Charge for the guns!\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Into the valley of Death<\/p>\n<p>Rode the six hundred.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>II<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cForward, the Light Brigade!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Was there a man dismayed?<\/p>\n<p>Not though the soldier knew<\/p>\n<p>Someone had blundered.<\/p>\n<p>Theirs not to make reply,<\/p>\n<p>Theirs not to reason why,<\/p>\n<p>Theirs but to do and die.<\/p>\n<p>Into the valley of Death<\/p>\n<p>Rode the six hundred.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>III<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cannon to right of them,<\/p>\n<p>Cannon to left of them,<\/p>\n<p>Cannon in front of them<\/p>\n<p>Volleyed and thundered;<\/p>\n<p>Stormed at with shot and shell,<\/p>\n<p>Boldly they rode and well,<\/p>\n<p>Into the jaws of Death,<\/p>\n<p>Into the mouth of hell<\/p>\n<p>Rode the six hundred.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>IV<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Flashed all their sabres bare,<\/p>\n<p>Flashed as they turned in air<\/p>\n<p>Sabring the gunners there,<\/p>\n<p>Charging an army, while<\/p>\n<p>All the world wondered.<\/p>\n<p>Plunged in the battery-smoke<\/p>\n<p>Right through the line they broke;<\/p>\n<p>Cossack and Russian<\/p>\n<p>Reeled from the sabre stroke<\/p>\n<p>Shattered and sundered.<\/p>\n<p>Then they rode back, but not<\/p>\n<p>Not the six hundred.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>V<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cannon to right of them,<\/p>\n<p>Cannon to left of them,<\/p>\n<p>Cannon behind them<\/p>\n<p>Volleyed and thundered;<\/p>\n<p>Stormed at with shot and shell,<\/p>\n<p>While horse and hero fell.<\/p>\n<p>They that had fought so well<\/p>\n<p>Came through the jaws of Death,<\/p>\n<p>Back from the mouth of hell,<\/p>\n<p>All that was left of them,<\/p>\n<p>Left of six hundred.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>VI<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When can their glory fade?<\/p>\n<p>O the wild charge they made!<\/p>\n<p>All the world wondered.<\/p>\n<p>Honour the charge they made!<\/p>\n<p>Honour the Light Brigade,<\/p>\n<p>Noble six hundred![\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;14054&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_text_separator title=&#8221;&#8221; color=&#8221;juicy_pink&#8221; style=&#8221;dotted&#8221; border_width=&#8221;3&#8243;]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-69d31058bbdaa\" data-id=\"69d31058bbdaa\" data-height=\"50\" data-height-mobile=\"50\" data-height-tab=\"50\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;15. I, Too<br \/>\n(LANGSTON HUGHES)&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|text_align:left|color:%23673ab7&#8243; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;9194&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-13972-15\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/upper-school-poems\/US15-I-Too.mp3?_=15\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/upper-school-poems\/US15-I-Too.mp3\">https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/upper-school-poems\/US15-I-Too.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<button><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/upper-school-poems\/US15-I-Too.mp3\" download=\"\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Click Here to Download the MP3<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/button>[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-69d31058bbebc\" data-id=\"69d31058bbebc\" data-height=\"15\" data-height-mobile=\"15\" data-height-tab=\"15\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div>[vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]I, too, sing America.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I am the darker brother.<\/p>\n<p>They send me to eat in the kitchen<\/p>\n<p>When company comes,<\/p>\n<p>But I laugh,<\/p>\n<p>And eat well,<\/p>\n<p>And grow strong.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow,<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll be at the table<\/p>\n<p>When company comes.<\/p>\n<p>Nobody\u2019ll dare<\/p>\n<p>Say to me,<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEat in the kitchen,\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Then.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Besides,<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019ll see how beautiful I am<\/p>\n<p>And be ashamed\u2014<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I, too, am America.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;14043&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_text_separator title=&#8221;&#8221; color=&#8221;juicy_pink&#8221; style=&#8221;dotted&#8221; border_width=&#8221;3&#8243;]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-69d31058bbf20\" data-id=\"69d31058bbf20\" data-height=\"50\" data-height-mobile=\"50\" data-height-tab=\"50\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;16. Mother to Son<br \/>\n(LANGSTON HUGHES)&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|text_align:left|color:%23673ab7&#8243; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;9194&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-13972-16\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/upper-school-poems\/US16-Mother-to-Son.mp3?_=16\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/upper-school-poems\/US16-Mother-to-Son.mp3\">https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/upper-school-poems\/US16-Mother-to-Son.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<button><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/upper-school-poems\/US16-Mother-to-Son.mp3\" download=\"\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Click Here to Download the MP3<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/button>[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-69d31058bc061\" data-id=\"69d31058bc061\" data-height=\"15\" data-height-mobile=\"15\" data-height-tab=\"15\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div>[vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]Well, son, I\u2019ll tell you:<\/p>\n<p>Life for me ain\u2019t been no crystal stair.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s had tacks in it,<\/p>\n<p>And splinters,<\/p>\n<p>And boards torn up,<\/p>\n<p>And places with no carpet on the floor\u2014<\/p>\n<p>Bare.<\/p>\n<p>But all the time<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019se been a-climbin\u2019 on,<\/p>\n<p>And reachin\u2019 landin\u2019s,<\/p>\n<p>And turnin\u2019 corners,<\/p>\n<p>And sometimes goin\u2019 in the dark<\/p>\n<p>Where there ain\u2019t been no light.<\/p>\n<p>So boy, don\u2019t you turn back.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t you set down on the steps<\/p>\n<p>\u2019Cause you finds it\u2019s kinder hard.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t you fall now\u2014<\/p>\n<p>For I\u2019se still goin\u2019, honey,<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019se still climbin\u2019,<\/p>\n<p>And life for me ain\u2019t been no crystal stair.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;14044&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_text_separator title=&#8221;&#8221; color=&#8221;juicy_pink&#8221; style=&#8221;dotted&#8221; border_width=&#8221;3&#8243;]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-69d31058bc09a\" data-id=\"69d31058bc09a\" data-height=\"50\" data-height-mobile=\"50\" data-height-tab=\"50\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;17. Break, Break, Break<br \/>\n(ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON)&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|text_align:left|color:%23673ab7&#8243; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;9194&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-13972-17\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/upper-school-poems\/US17-Break-Break-Break.mp3?_=17\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/upper-school-poems\/US17-Break-Break-Break.mp3\">https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/upper-school-poems\/US17-Break-Break-Break.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<button><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lib.sjp.ac.lk\/englishforfun\/wp-content\/uploads\/upper-school-poems\/US17-Break-Break-Break.mp3\" download=\"\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Click Here to Download the MP3<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/button>[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-69d31058bc1f5\" data-id=\"69d31058bc1f5\" data-height=\"15\" data-height-mobile=\"15\" data-height-tab=\"15\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div>[vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]Break, break, break,<\/p>\n<p>On thy cold gray stones, O Sea!<\/p>\n<p>And I would that my tongue could utter<\/p>\n<p>The thoughts that arise in me.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>O, well for the fisherman&#8217;s boy,<\/p>\n<p>That he shouts with his sister at play!<\/p>\n<p>O, well for the sailor lad,<\/p>\n<p>That he sings in his boat on the bay!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And the stately ships go on<\/p>\n<p>To their haven under the hill;<\/p>\n<p>But O for the touch of a vanish&#8217;d hand,<\/p>\n<p>And the sound of a voice that is still!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Break, break, break<\/p>\n<p>At the foot of thy crags, O Sea!<\/p>\n<p>But the tender grace of a day that is dead<\/p>\n<p>Will never come back to me.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;14049&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_text_separator title=&#8221;&#8221; color=&#8221;juicy_pink&#8221; style=&#8221;dotted&#8221; border_width=&#8221;3&#8243;]<div class=\"ult-spacer spacer-69d31058bc253\" data-id=\"69d31058bc253\" data-height=\"50\" data-height-mobile=\"50\" data-height-tab=\"50\" data-height-tab-portrait=\"\" data-height-mobile-landscape=\"\" style=\"clear:both;display:block;\"><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;18. Leisure<br \/>\n(W. H. 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