First of all, thank the organizers for this invitation. It's a real pleasure to be here. And yes, I am. So I'm going to talk about the surface quasi-gestorfic equation. And my collaborators are Angel Castro, who is in Madrid as well, and Javier Gomez Serrano, who is at Princeton. So what is the surface quasi-gestorfic equation? Well, this is an equation in dimension two. We're in the plane. There are no boundaries. Theta is the unknown. Theta is a scalar function. And it's transported by an incompressible fluid. Since the velocity field is incompressible, we can define a stream function such that the velocity is equal to the gradient perpendicular of the stream function. And then the relation between the stream function and the scalar theta is given by the square root of the Laplacian. If we write down the velocity in terms of theta, then what we have is that the velocity are the risk transforms of theta. So the outline of my talk is, since I'm the only one speaking on SQG, I will give an introduction, a small introduction of what is known as properties. Then I will present the theorem I want to introduce.  And during the proof, I will then talk about patches, solutions of patch solutions. Because the motivation of the proof come from the Bortex patch problem. OK, so the quasi-gestorfic is a model that models the dynamics of big masses of air in the mid-latitudes, where the Coriolis force plays an important role. And this is the quasi-gestorfic equation. It's a three-dimensional equation. And the dynamics that happens at the surface is what is known as the surface quasi-gestorfic equation, which is this one. So this model, and here's several references, it's had been posted and studied in several papers in the geophysical context. But it was not until 1994 that Peter Konstantin, Andy Maida, and Esteban Tabak realized that this was a very good model, it was a two-dimensional model of the 3D Euler equations. So let me describe why. Here we have 3D Euler and 2D QG. So I'm going to look at the 3D incompressible Euler equations in the Borticity form. So the Borticity is the curl of the velocity, and the equation for the omega, the Borticity, is where omega is a vector and it's divergent-free, and the velocity is divergent-free as well. And the gradient of u is, in terms of the Borticity, a single integral operator acting on omega. So we compare this with the surface-quasiative-struct equation, what plays the role of the Borticity will be the gradient perpendicular of theta, which is the derivative with respect to x2 of theta, partial theta with the derivative with respect to x1. And the equation for this vector is equivalent to the equation that the Borticity satisfies. But this is a vector in three-dimension. This is vector in two-dimensions. The gradient perpendicular of theta is divergent-free, and the velocity is divergent-free as well. And the gradient of u are single integral operators, risk transforms of the gradient perpendicular of theta. But there is also a relation with the conservative quantities. In the case of Euler, Bortex lines move with the flow. Bortex lines are tangent to the Borticity in all points, and they actually move, they're transported by the flow. And the L-tune of the velocity, the energy, is conserved. Well, in the case of SQG, the level sets of theta plays the role of the Bortex lines. They're tangent to the gradient perpendicular of theta, and since it's a transport equation, the level sets move with the flow. And the energy is conserved as well. There is, since there's a transport equation, and for SQG, the more quantities conserved is that you actually can bound the LP norm of the velocity for p bigger than 1 and strictly smaller than infinity, and this is bounded by the initial data. And this is because the velocity are the risk transforms of theta. And the LP norms of theta are conserved because of the transport equation. So what do we know here? We have local existence in certain HK solenoid norm, and in the case of SQG, similar local existence, the k may vary because we are three or two dimensions. And the problem of the formation of singularities are open for both. Now, the criteria for the formation of singularities for Euler, well, I can mention, too, the Bilka-Domayda criteria, which says that if you control the integral in time of the l infinity norm of the vorticity, then there's no blow up at time capital T. Well, similar thing is true for SQG. If you control the l infinity norm of the gradient of theta, gradient perpendicular if you want to compare one with the other, yes. And there is the Konstantin-Meida, the Konstantin-Phefermann-Meida result that if you control the direction field of the vorticity, so if it remains lifted, then there's no singularities. So, in the case of SQG, identical theorem is true for the direction field of the gradient perpendicular of theta. So if there's a singularity, the Lipschitz norm has to stop being bounded. OK, so there goes the similarities with one equation and the other. And now, is there singularities for SQG? And the answer is, we have no idea. Numerics don't show any evidence for smooth initial data. There's no evidence at all. But in order to get a flavor of it, let me toy around and look at some 1D models. So we have a transport equation, and the velocity is the risk transform. So in one dimension, let's take the velocity to be the Hilbert transform of, in this case, let me call it F, our unknown. So the usual Hilbert transform. And we look at, let's take this model, where the F is transported by this flow. And let's take the initial data, F0, to be bigger equal to 0. This is true initially, since the transport equation will maintain like this, and the energy actually will decay when F is positive. So for this, we can prove local existence in some solo space. And there is finite time singularities for this model, for all initial data. This is strictly bigger equal to 0. But of course, in this model, there's the incompressibility that doesn't play any role. So let's do the following. Let's take the divergence outside the nonlinear term. So the SQG, let's write, so this will be another model. Let's write the SQG as the divergence of u theta. So we just took the divergence outside and write the 1D model in this case. And what we have is this toy model. And for this, let's take for the Cauchy problem F of 0 bigger equal to 0. So one, we have local existence in HK. But two, if the initial data is strictly positive, then there's global existence. Three, if there exists a x0 such that F of x0 is 0, then finite time singularities at the point x0. For the same model, if the data stays positive for the model A, for A not for B. Yeah, and for B. Oh, B is this model. So this is SQG just to justify taking the, since I'm taking the divergence free outside, so the model will be the Hilbert transform inside and the derivative outside. So this model is the version of the equation as coupled. This one and this one? No, the derivative here is hitting. Oh, the derivative is outside. Yeah, yeah, this is a transport equation. And here the derivative is outside. Just to see that the incompressibility may change. Well, just to get the flavor. OK, good. Can I ask you a question again about if you mention numerics of SQG, so there's no evidence of singularity? If the initial data is smooth, yes, no evidence of. So that I know of? Well, I just said for other various people claiming that. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. So there's nothing like this? There used to be at the time for SQG at the time, but then it was ruled out numerically as well. But that's 20 years ago. OK, so but right now I don't know of any anybody claiming numerical simulation where there are singularities for smooth initial data. OK, so in this framework, I have to say that Resnick in his thesis in Chicago, he proved that as a weak solution, there is global existence in L2. And the problem of uniqueness is a peak open problem for this problem, for SQG. OK, so it may allow me to add a parameter to the system because I'm going to mention several references. And in order to quote those references, it's good that I add a parameter. This parameter is in the power of the Laplacian. I'm going to add an alpha. So I'm interpolating the system from 2D Euler to SQG. Alpha equal to 0 is 2D Euler, where theta is the porticity. And alpha equal to 1 is SQG. So for the global existence, 2D Euler is critical. So one, there's global existence for alpha equal to 0. But when alpha is strictly bigger than 0, it's an open problem. And so for the purpose of my talk, let me point out that the radial functions of theta's radial, then it's a stationary solution. And that has to do with the powers of the Laplacian preserves the symmetry and makes the nonlinear term 0. OK, so that's for the introduction. And the theorem I want to present is that we prove that there exist non-trivial global solutions smooth for the SQG equation. How are these solutions? How do they look like? Well, OK, so let me take this for the modified one? This is for alpha equal to 1, SQG. So the modified one, I'm going to call it generalized SQG. And any time I don't mention SQG, I will say some alpha. So this is for SQG. And so the solutions are going to be a perturbation of a radial function theta, where theta is going to be 1 inside this circle. Outside another circle, theta is going to be 0. And in between, it goes from 0 to 1 in a smooth way. Actually, it's going to be a C2. Now, it's going to be a perturbation of this. And the perturbation is going to have a 3-fold symmetry. So we rotate by 120 degrees. We get the same structure. And these solutions rotate. And they rotate with a constant angular velocity. Now, the thickness in our solutions, this thickness is very relevant for the proof. And the thickness is 0.05. Later, I will explain why. So these are the solutions. While we were working on this problem, we learned from Drittschild, and he published a paper, where he actually computed the specific solutions of the SQG of C1-1-1-2 regularity. And these are also the same thing, but they're an ellipse. And they're explicit. So it's an ellipse. Outside the ellipse is 0. And inside, theta is smooth. And the way that he does it is that he goes to the 3D equation. And he computed explicitly that the ellipsoids are rotating solutions for the 3D. So when you look at the surface, it gives you this ellipse rotating. But it's not the patch. Inside, it's smooth. Now, where does the C1-1-2 come from when you cross the boundary? OK. So I'm going to show you what are the main ideas and the tools in order to prove this theorem. So first of all, we're going to, in between theta equal to 1 and theta equal to 0, we are going to take the level sets of theta. And we're going to parameterize it by z alpha rho t. Rho tells me in which level set I am. And alpha tells me in what place of the level set. And the function f is going to tell me how my function theta changes from one level set to another. So we plug this in the equation, in the transport equation, and this is how it looks like. We are going to assume that these solutions are rotating solutions with constant angular velocity. So we impose that in our answer. So now z is our unknown is going to be x, x of alpha rho. The function f is going to be given. I'm going to explicitly tell you what f looks like. And it's independent of time. Then the unknowns here are going to be x of alpha rho and the angular velocity lambda. And since my picture is like this, I only have to show that the equations that the solution solves this equation in the support of f. f of the derivative of f. So how does f look like? It's going to be a function c4 function and has this structure where a, remember a, is going to be 0.05. And it's more or less decreasing. And actually, it will be very important for the proof that in the middle, so there will be another beta, that when you add 1 minus a, you add a beta and you subtract a beta from 1. In those regions, in between, we are going to ask for a linear decay. And when a tends to 0, if we take a to 0, we recover the problem for the patch. So the solution will be a patch. So we plug this ansat in the equation. We use the fact that the velocity are the rest transforms and we have the time derivative that disappears. And we, this is the equation for lambda and x alpha rho. And we have to solve for this. We have some freedom to choose the parametrization of x alpha rho. It's going to be a perturbation of the circle. So I'm going to define x alpha rho to be a function r that depends alpha rho times the vector cosine alpha sine of alpha. And now our unknown becomes r alpha rho and lambda. So we plug that in, that ansat in the equation above. And what we get is this functional head. In order to be a solution, it needs to be 0. OK, so one observation is that if alpha is independent of, sorry, r is independent of alpha, then what we're doing, we have this radial solutions. Then it becomes 0. And what we're looking for is r's that depend on alpha. So if we take r alpha equal to rho or any radial solution, that is 0. OK, so we are in the tool that we're going to use is the Kranta-Rabbi knowledge theorem. So our parameter mu is going to be the angular velocities lambda and the function r is r. So the goal is to find and so if we look at the plane of solutions where let's say this is lambda and this is r alpha rho and this line is r equal to rho. This line is a solution of the functional. Then we have to find a lambda star and the space is x and y, such that this condition satisfies. So the Cato derivatives around we are linearizing around the solution rho, r equal to rho. So around this solution. And we have to find x and y, such that the Cato derivatives exist and they're continuous. And we have to find a lambda together with these spaces that the dimension of the kernel of the linearized operator is of dimension 1, the co-dimension of the image is also dimension 1, and then the fourth condition is the transversality. So if those conditions are satisfied, Crandar-Raminovic says that you can bifurcate. There's a solution starting from lambda star where it's a solution of the system f. So that's the goal. So in order to introduce the ideas that are behind this, this was used for the vortex pass problem. So I'm going to go and revise the vortex patch problem. Vortex patch problem is now we are dealing with a solution that the vorticity is, let's say, 1 here and 0s outside. It satisfies Euler equations. The curve, let's parameterize the curve of T, C alpha T. I'm sorry, like this. Then it's possible to have, when you look at the evolution of z, you can close the equation in terms of z itself. So once you know how z looks like, then you can recover the velocity everywhere and it satisfies Euler equations to the Euler equations. So this, since it's a transport equation, the values of omega will remain 1 inside the curve and 0 outside the curve. So this is very well understood and was for the Cauchy problem. Chemin was the first to prove that this problem is globally well posed for C1 plus alpha. And later, there was another proof, a different proof by André Averto-Temperter-Constantin of the same result. And the result, and then one can apply Udov's theorem to guarantee that this is actually, there's only one solution. It's unique. What about SQG? Well, one can ask the same question for SQG. And one can close, again, a system in terms of the evolution of the curve and the curve itself. And this was studied first by José Luis Rodrigo in 2005, where he proved that is locally well posed in the space C infinity. Why? Because this operator, it's actually, when you linearize, you lose one log of derivative. So his proof is using a Nash-Mosser scheme. Then, Francisco Gancedo in 2008 showed that one can actually subtract anything in the tangential direction, any component that will not change the shape of the interface. And you can choose a component that gives you a special cancellation. And with this cancellation, you're able to close the a priori estimates in HK. So he proved local existence in HK. And recently this year, we showed that among all the patch solutions, this one is unique. And the global existence for this problem is open. Of course, all this works for alpha bigger than 0. And the question of global existence is open also for alpha bigger than 0. But in this case, we do have examples of finite time singularities. So let me briefly give you what is known. So in 2014, Francisco Gancedo and Bob Strain, they show that no splash singularities can be formed. So if you expect that a self-intersection of the boundary, then the curvature must blow up. Recently, this year, Sasra Kicilev, Lenya Riznik, Yal-Yao, and Flatos, under Flatos, they prove finite time singularities. But they add a boundary. So instead of considering the problem in the plane, they consider problem in the half plane. And they take two patches that self-intersect with the boundary at one point, and they're symmetry. So already since it's touching the boundary, so the Cordar Condition, all these local existence theorems is fundamental that you have a control of the Cordar Condition. But they're proving local existence where the Cordar Condition fails. And they managed to prove local existence but for a small range of alphas. And the range, I don't know, is 1 over 12 or 1 over 24. More or less, that's the fraction. And they prove local existence. And moreover, they are able, since there's a lot of symmetry, that the patches attract each other. And they made assumption, OK, let's suppose there's global existence. And they show a contradiction. If there are global existence, then both patches will self-intersect in finite time. If they self-intersect, Cancelos and Strang's theorem says the curvature has to blow up as well. But it's a contradiction. So it's really telling you that there's a singularity, but we don't know how the singularity looks like. This is with boundaries. And this is for alpha between 0 and 1 over 12. Excuse me, but this boundary bond is really a different problem. It is a different problem. But from the point of view of local existence, from the point of view of singularity. Singularity, OK, yes, because if there's no boundaries, you have a problem of controlling how the patches move, and you don't have any control of it. So maybe the singularity cannot form, because the patches are moving so much that it dissolves the singularity. Yes. But this theorem is saying, if you fix the boundary, you put this, then these patches do not move from there. But they detract each other, and it has to intersect. So I think it's a very interesting result. It's true that it doesn't tell us anything about the problem without boundaries. OK, so numerical simulation. So there is numerics showing evidence of formation singularities for the patch problem. And so together with a team in Madrid, Fontelos, Mancho, and José Luis Rodrigo, we, in 2005, we found these numerical simulations. And we took a patch, the SSQG, and these patches were attracting each other. At the same time, they're moving. But they attract each other. And in finite time, they self-intersect, and the curvature blows up. At the same time, they self-intersect in the same point. And what's really interesting is that it was a self-similar blow-up, locally self-similar blow-up. And this is the claim. And this is a conjecture. So let's take an ellipse. Now, one ellipse, and see how it evolves. Well, interesting. If you take an ellipse which is very close to the circle, then the ellipse, what happens is that it starts rotating. It changes the shape, but it remains convex, and nothing happens. If you take a longer ellipse, then it starts rotating.  And it seems like there's global existence. But when you take a longer one, then it loses convexity, and it forms a finite time singularity at the same type as we got for the two patches. So Drichel and Scott predicted another type of singularities. And this is another example of an ellipse. And this is what Drichel and Scott took this ellipse at some point before the blow-up, before the singularity. And this is how it looks like. And they zoom. And the orange is the zoom. When they zoom, they have these instabilities. Then they zoom again. This is a fixed time. They zoom again, and they get these instabilities. They zoom again. Same thing. Zoom, zoom, zoom, zoom. It's a cascade of instabilities. This is beautiful. OK. So I'm going very slow. So let me hurry up. So some explicit examples for the patch problem, the circle are stationary solutions for all alpha. Kirchhoff proved that the ellipses for 2D Euler are rotating solutions, known also by these states. So it's an ellipse all the time. And we showed that for alphas bigger than 0, this is not true. Ellipses are not rotating solutions. And we were concerned about the change of convexity. And we proved rigorously that the patch can actually change convexity, back and forth. Then in 1978, Deem and Thabusky predicted for 2D Euler the existence of rotating solutions with M-fold symmetry. Here are three, four, but any M-fold symmetry. And this was a prediction from the numerics. And it was in 1982 that Burbea proved the existence of such solutions. And in 2013, Tuthik Smeedy, Joan Mateo and Joan Verdera gave another proof using the Krander-Ravinovich theorem. And they proved the existence, but they also proved that these solutions, they actually see infinity. Together with Angel and Javi, we actually prove that they are real analytic. In 2000, Frankel showed that if you take the angular velocity to be 0, the only solution is the circle. And Tuthik in the same direction showed that if the angular velocity is negative, the only solution is the circle. And then you can bifurcate from many other scenarios. For example, a patch inside another patch. And that's what they did. Or you can bifurcate from the lips. So Tuthik and Joan Mateo, they prove C alpha regularity bifurcating from the lips. And we actually prove that they're real analytic. And OK, so how did I start working on this subject? Why did I get interested? Well, when Tuthik and the Joanists proved this theorem, the first theorem, so I invited Joan to give a talk in Madrid. And I got interested in this subject. And then I talked with Tuthik. And I told him, why don't you try to prove this for SQG? I mean, for Euler, we know there is global existence. But for SQG, we have no solution that exists globally that are non-trivial. So a year after, Tuthik sent me a paper. And he worked with his former student, Hassainia. And they prove that for alpha bigger than 0 and alpha smaller than 1, these solutions exist. And they are C alpha. But there was a problem. They couldn't reach alpha equal to 1, the SQG equation. So I invited Tuthik to Madrid. He gave a talk, we chatted. And he explained to us what was the why they couldn't do it. And they actually were not even to prove C infinity between 0 and 1. And then Angel Javier and me, myself, we studied the problem with a different formulation. And then we realized that the problem for going from alpha smaller than 1 to alpha equal to 1 is this loss of log of derivative. They were working on helter spaces. To implement this in helter spaces is quite hard. But to implement it in solvable of the spaces is trivial. So we changed our framework. And instead of working on the compass plane, we work on the real world and in solvable of the spaces. So at first, we prove the existence of M-fold symmetry for SQG in the H3 plus log topology.  Now, one is true that Crandar Rabinowitz tells you that it's unique, the branch. So where it overlaps, it's the solutions is real analytic. But Crandar Rabinowitz doesn't tell you how far you can go in the branch. So maybe you have real analytic in the beginning of the branch, and then you lose the analyticity and it becomes infinity. I don't know. So it's a 10, 2, 3? Yeah, OK. A little bit more because you started a couple of minutes later. Thank you, Camilo. Thank you, thank you. OK, so let's look at this for the patch. So now, we are going to bifurcate from the circle. And we assume it's a rotating solution, angular velocity lambda. So now our answer is r alpha cosine alpha sine of alpha. We plug that in the QG equation, and we get this function has to be equal to 0. When r alpha is a constant, this is automatically 0. So we can apply the Crandar. We can go and try to apply the Crandar Rabinowitz. So the spaces, and this is what I meant by adding the log of, lost of the log of derivative in the solve of the spaces, well, it's just to assume that that integral is bounded in L2, and that's enough. And our spaces x is going to be, as it is for the v states for Euler, it's going to be the sum of cosines. And we are going to ask this to be in the space hk plus log. And then the space y is going to be the signs. We have the imaginary for the Crandar Rabinowitz. And now let me just point out one part of the Crandar Rabinowitz is to see that the dimension of the kernel, the linearized part, is actually dimension 1. So we take the linear part, and we want to see an element in the kernel. We take the element h equal to cosine of m alpha. We substitute that in the linear part. And what comes up is that this equation has to be equal to 0, as simple as that. So it's giving me the eigenvalues and the, sorry, the eigenvalues, the velocity, angular velocity. And it has, for each n-fold, you have this velocity. Of course, now, so the problem is reduced to taking, to bifurcate, from this angular velocities. And then, of course, one has to check the co-dimension of the image and the term versatility. But it's as hard as this. So the hard part here was to choose the right spaces in which you can work. A real analytic proof is that you choose spaces that are real analytic properly in order to framework to work. So let's go back and see what happens in the smooth case. Now, in the smooth case, remember, we are bifurcating from rho cosine alpha, sine of alpha. So now, this is a smooth profile. And f is going to be given. There's no loss of log derivative because f is smooth. Our solutions are smooth. So we don't have to worry here. The mixed norms of the solid volat mixed norms is OK. But again, we take the cosines to be our space x. This is the linear part. And we have to look for an element in the kernel. So again, we do as before, we substitute our this ansap in this function. And what we get is not a scalar equation, we get a function where i tilde looks like this, t tilde looks like this, and t tilde is an elliptical integral. So we need to solve this. The case of the patch is just a scalar equation. If we take b to be 1 and we take the limit at a goes to 0, we recover the formula of the angular velocity for the patch. So quickly, what is the problem? T tilde m is not self-adjoint, but it's compact. It's a compact operator. We have a smoothness in i tilde. This is because of f. And using the properties, we are able to show that there exists a solution. How is this? Well, briefly, the reason is that the anti-symmetric part of the operator gets small as we take this guy small. So the goal is to find, to prove, you boil out the problem to end up showing that the eigenvalues, there's a gap between the eigenvalues. Here you don't know what any single eigenvalue. But for the symmetric part, you can have a guess. And this is a numerical guess. And you can rigorously prove the error you make. Now, taking this sufficiently small, we can make the eigenvalue of the whole thing to be close to the symmetric one. How small has this has to be? 0.05 is enough. And how do we do that? Well, we play with the f in order this to work out. So once we show that we can, there's a solution where it has to show the regularity. So this is a bootstrap argument where we take advantage of the regularity of f. And we have to prove uniqueness. And we have to prove that the co-dimension of the image is one and that the transversality is also applies. This is also we managed to do that. And let me finish in this three minutes some remarks and some very recent results. So this is a, the solution is a perturbation, right? So if we perturb a little bit f, everything should work. And that f has that profile is not a requirement. A perturbation of that works. Can we get, we prove that the solutions are C2? That's just because we chose f to be C4. If we make our f smoother, but that will make everything, maybe we have to take us thinner this distance to be smaller, then we can make the solution to be of higher regularity. We, since this, in order to show that this is small, we use a computer-assisted proof, we have to do this for each m. So it's not a theorem for all m. We prove it for one single m, m equal to three. But we believe that if you put any other m, you have to correct the numbers. And maybe this 0.05 will be modified, but it will certainly work. And this can be extended for any alpha, particularly for 2D order. And now very recent results. So what I just talked about is in the archives. And this slide will be in the archives in a couple of weeks. And is, can we get the computer, get the proof of the existence of the solutions without the computer? And the answer is yes, by bifurcating from the patch. And the way we bifurcate from the patch is that now this A is this distance, we are going to bifurcate from A equal to 0. A equal to 0 is the patch. And at the same time, if A moves the branch, it opens up the smoothness of the function. And then if, OK, so if we do this, the idea is that we rescale the profile f. And what is surprising is that this works for any m and for any profile f. f can change sign. It does not have to be monotonically increasing. It can have any shape. It just has to go from 0 to 1. But here, since it's a grand-arabbi knowledge, we cannot tell you how much it opens up. So we cannot reach the solution. And that's all. Thank you. All of the solutions are periodic in time, eventually. Yes, it is. For this point, there are no solutions that are not periodic in time. They're global. But they're not. The important is that it's compact support. Could you have a Gaussian, which is very narrow? OK, so compact support makes, so I think, so the question is, for example, in the stationary solution. So the result of Frankel, that proves that for 2D, the vortex patch, is if it's stationary, it has to be a circle. But you can construct stationary solutions to the Euler that are not completely supported. And they are not circles. So the fact that it's compactly supported, it's already telling you that there is some restriction, very strong restriction. So to the problem. But can you construct this from a Gaussian or something? And the answer is yes. OK, so yes. But it gives restriction, for example, in the stationary. So I think that Frankel's result is also true for SQG. And it's also true for a smooth perturbation of the patch. Are these things rotating in the other direction? OK, so it's open. So two fixed results says, and so these solutions, is the angular velocity is explicit, and they're all positive. And in order to prove, to use the Kantar-Ravinovich, I'm not saying maybe there's another perturbation that has this structure, the other symmetry, and the angular velocity is different. I'm not saying that. But in order to prove the Kantar-Ravinovich, but two fixed results for the 2D Euler says that if it's negative, the only solution is the circle. I believe that can be extended to SQG. And also to the case of the smooth case as well. But that's something to be done.


Introduction and Preface to Daydreams by Rudolf Valentino. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please visit LibriVox.org. Recording by Chuck Williamson. Daydreams by Rudolf Valentino. I cannot tell a roundelay in words of yesterday. I cannot tell a couplet, for words come as they may. I'll do my best, I'll try a bit, of ultra-modern rhyme, and cast aside the shackles, binding once upon a time. Preface. To you, my gentle reader, I wish to say a foreword of warning before you peruse the contents of this book. I am not a poet nor a scholar. Therefore, you shall find neither poems nor prose, just dreams, daydreams, a bit of romance, a bit of sentimentalism, a bit of philosophy, not studied but acquired by constant observation of that greatest of masters. Nature. While lying idle, not through choice, but because forcefully kept from my preferred an actual field of activity, I took to dreams to forget the tediousness of worldly strife, and the boredom of jurisprudence's pedantic etiquette. Happy indeed I shall be if my daydreams will bring you as much enjoyment in the reading as they brought me in the writing. Rudolf Valentino. New York, May 29, 1923. End of Introduction and Preface. The Gift Book by Rudolf Valentino. Read for LibriVox.org by Larry Wilson. A book is a kindly gracious thing. Each has a particular gift to bring. It may be the wealth of a wonderful life, or the filling adventure of jungle strife. Perhaps it's a present of orient gold, tales of the laden enchantingly told. Maybe a view of olden days, knighthood, romance, flowery ways. And again a journey to lands afar where strange things happen, and wonders are. All of them gift books, but plainly I see not one of them holds the gift for me. I want a book that will lazily roam down the dear pathway to folks back home. End of Poem. This recording is in the public domain. Nature by Rudolf Valentino. Read for LibriVox.org by Helen Ferrara for Jean. Nature. Nature is the open book wherein the truths of the world are found. Nature is an endless story of never changing glory. When you study nature you teach your sky, so always let your reverence be this greatest of masters. End of poem. This recording is in the public domain. The Love Child by Rudolf Valentino. Read for LibriVox.org by Josh Kibbe. To Be. Don Juan roamed the summer sky, a shady cloud of gray, but this dull attire hit a heart of fire in quest of romance stray. Vision, a lovely golden sunbeam shining from above, came radiant by, and caught the eye of this vagabond of love. Delusion. In wild tempestuous wooing, he kissed her heart away, all in a jest it was the quest of the cloud on a summer's day. Conclusion. Through tears the sunbeam glimmered, then happily she smiled, the tempest passed alone at last, with a little rainbow child. Don runs in a crimson streak across the leaden sky, just like a pulsing vein of life, an artery of love not strife, and it livens the heavens high. So in our sky today it seems, no sign of life we see. Do we not know, night's bound to go, Don follows instantly. For we're not for the showers, where would the rainbows be? End of poem. This recording is in the public domain. Heart Flower by Rudolf Valentino. Read for LibriVox.org by Larry Wilson. Oh lovely rose within whose chalice lies the heart of my true love. Did not the gods in benediction stoop to bless thee from above? And place within thy rosy eight lips the rubies counterpart. I find it there, a jewel rare, the flower of thy heart. End of poem. This recording is in the public domain. Heart Flower by Rudolf Valentino. Read for LibriVox.org You, your eyes, your eyes, mystic pools of beautiest light, golden brown in color deep, yet amber clear, unshadowed by a frown, fathomless wherein my senses drown. Your eyes, your lips, your lips, twin silken petals of a dewy rose, altar of the heart where love, kindling desire, worships unafraid, crucible of passion, the rose in masquerade. Your lips, your kiss, your kiss, a flame of passion's fire, the sensitive seal of love in the desire, the fragrance of your caress. Alas, at times I find exquisite bitterness in your kiss. End of poem. This recording is in the public domain. Daydreams by Rudolf Valentino. Read for LibriVox.org by Larry Wilson. To the friend. Yesterday, in contemplation, we dreamed of love to be, and in the dreaming, woven tapestry of love. Today, we dream our dreams awake, realization coloring our romance with all the glory of a flaming rose. Tomorrow, what awakening lies before us, our tapestry in shreds perchance, or a mellowed glorified by love's reflection. I wonder, in the poem this recording is in the public domain. Suspicion by Rudolf Valentino. Read for LibriVox.org by Thomas Peter. There crossed the path of my dream of you, a gossamer web of grey, so soft its sheen, almost unseen, but it stopped me on my way. Like a cold, grey granite battlement it walled me all about, for a cruel steel was in the feel of the silken web of doubt. End of poem. This recording is in the public domain. The Sage by Rudolf Valentino. Read for LibriVox.org by Larry Wilson. To him. O gladness shining bravely from out the eyes of youth. Be strong in your belief of good, of valor, and of truth. For soon enough, too soon enough, the gladdest light meets doubt. Then flickers, flutters just a bit, but doesn't quite go out. O sadness peering divinely from out the eyes of age. Be strong in your belief of good, to youth still be the sage. For soon enough, too soon enough, the saddest light in doubt flickers, flutters, flickers, and finally goes out. End of poem. This recording is in the public domain. Morphia by Rudolf Valentino. Read for LibriVox.org by Josh Kibbe. I am the ingrate Morphia. You hold the brimming cup of your life to me, a thirst of my, and drink my fill of strength until the cup is drained dry. Then, satisfied, I care no more. The cup I cast away crunched beneath my heel. It's do my seal as I walk on my way. End of poem. This recording is in the public domain. Domino by Rudolf Valentino. Read for LibriVox.org. Domino. Passions cloak. An ashy thing to wear. Covering the shroud of love that once was fair. What gruesome imagery does this convey to me? Grim death. It's self no gaslier a thing than this could ever be. End of poem. This recording is in the public domain. The Sphinx by Rudolf Valentino. Read for LibriVox.org by Josh Kibbe. To BH. Oh Sphinx, a monument to man. Built by his hands of clay, you symbolize the power of might used in an earthy way. Yesterday, you stood for man's symbolic strength sublime. Today, you all but buried are beneath the sands of time. Oh wondrous mountain, living Sphinx. Built by the hand of God, you symbolize the power of love used with the lowly sod. Yesterday, a symbol of divinity sublime. Today, you lift your rugged head untouched by hands of time. Oh Sphinx, a monument to man. Built by his hand of clay, you symbolize the power of might used in an earthy way. Yesterday, you and grandeur stood alone. Today, you're mingling with the sand a rotting mass of stone. Oh wondrous mountain, living Sphinx. Built by the hand of God, you symbolize the power of love used with the lowly sod. Yesterday, you stood a monument of love. Today, unchanged your glorious face in worship turned above. End of poem. This recording is in the public domain. Strativarius by Rudolf Valentino Read for Librebox.org by Larry Wilson To Joshua Heifetz If power were only given me to paint the tone picture that arises from the soul of that sanctuary of sound, your violin, where I should find pigment worthy of such a use, save in the fleeting splendor of some sky, wear a brush, save in a snowy feather from the shining wing of an archangel, where the canvas save across the dream memory of one who heard and was blessed by the hearing. End of poem. This recording is in the public domain. Extravaganza by Rudolf Valentino Read for Librebox.org by Thomas Peter Extravaganza. The very word is vulgar. Still vulgarity is necessary to development, for even a weed growing in a swamp can sometimes be cultivated into a hot houseplant. Take an orchid not under its own surroundings, but dress it by putting it in a proper receptacle and what a difference. But outside of beauty, what have you? If we could only combine the beauty of an orchid with the soul of a weed, we would get an improvement in the orchid, for real weeds are grateful enough to spring up between cobblestones, even to be trampled upon. Rather be a blade of grass that knows the heartbeats of Mother Earth than the potted plant which is pampered and only restored to a semblance of life. End of poem. This recording is in the public domain. Mirage by Rudolf Valentino Read for Librebox.org Mirage. Happiness. You wait for us just beyond, just beyond. We know not where nor how we shall find you. We only know you are waiting, waiting just beyond. End of poem. This recording is in the public domain. Glorification by Rudolf Valentino Read for Librebox.org Recording by Chuck Williamson Glorification to WW The arms of the earth broke through the sod and clenched his fist in derision. For clay knows not the might of God. It has but earthy vision. The finger of God wrote in the sky a sign of mighty fire. Reach up to me, for I am life. But earth could reach no higher. With strength of muscle, with might in man, earth struggled and then defied. But God stretched forth his hand of love, and earth was glorified. End of poem. This recording is in the public domain. Remembrance by Rudolf Valentino Read for Librebox.org To M.O. An infant memory, a tiny fragile thing, called into being by the brush of a colored wing across the campus of my tired mind. It grows a lovely picture of the past I find you, going to full a stature of the perfect soul. The tiny sheltered memory has reached at last its goal. End of poem. This recording is in the public domain. Three Generations of Kisses To M.K. By Rudolf Valentino Read for Librebox.org A mother's kisses are blessed with love, straight from the heart of heaven above. Love's benediction, her dear caress, the sum of all our happiness. Till we kiss the lips of the mate of our soul, we never know love has reached its goal. Caress divine, you reign until. A baby's kiss seems sweeter still. That beloved bosom, a baby's face, seems to be love's resting place. And a million kisses tenderly linger there in ecstasy.   For in that wise choice I'd gain all three. End of poem. This recording is in the public domain. A Baby Skin. By Rudolf Valentino Read for Librebox.org by Matthew Ryan Ross MatthewRyanRoss.com A Baby Skin Texture of a Butterfly's Wing Colored like a dawned rose Whose perfume is the breath of God Such is the web wherein is held The treasure of the treasure chest The priceless gift The child of love End of poem. This recording is in the public domain. Gratitude by Rudolf Valentino Read for Librebox.org by Larry Wilson To A.T. The oleander blooms for me And donnings splendorous beauty. I planted it so tenderly And love has done its duty. All in a garden of the earth All in a plot of ground Wherein I found no bit of work The seed I planted in the ground. O tiny seed almost unworthy To be cherished for thy looks. But deep within the heart of you Was wisdom never found in books. You are the spirit of the good, The joy, the beauty of all things. You are the melody of life, The song that Mother Nature sings. And so to that sweet lullaby You, in your perfumed cradle, Rest safe in the arms of Mother Earth, Held closely to her loving breast. Until one happy wondrous day When love so tenderly do nigh Lifted your tiny hand of green And turned your face toward the sky. The oleander blooms for me In donning splendorous beauty. I planted it so tenderly And love has done its duty. In the poem This recording is in the public domain. Shadows by Rudolph Valentino Wrath for LibriVox.org By Thomas Peter Shadows grey symbol of a broken faith. We cling to hope In hope we find the symbol Of a broken heart. Shadows grey bleak gosmer web Of what once was woven round my heart. We slink within thy domain The land of shadows For still we hope But knowing always That a broken faith Can never be restored To more than it was A shadow. End of poem This recording is in the public domain. Accusation by Rudolph Valentino Wrath for LibriVox.org By Larry Wilson Out of a shadow corner Comes a phantom of the past To confuse me and accuse me For a vain iconic last. To chide me and deride me In a seething scornful blast To cheat me and defeat me Conscience crucifies at last. End of poem This recording is in the public domain. Even song by Rudolph Valentino Wrath for LibriVox.org By Larry Wilson I sing a song to the sapphire sky That curtains a sleeping earth. I sing a song to the stars on high That Mark a jewel's worth. My feeble voice, so weak it sounds A puny earthy cry Yet when its echo comes to me Angelic voice in harmony I know it is not high. It was belief that gave it a wing. That weakling voice of mine Encouraged it where angels sing God's melody divine. End of poem This recording is in the public domain. Little gypsies of the city Little sparrows mors the pity Homeless, heedless of the weather Happy, banding all together Never giving thought to trouble Never seeing evil double Would that we who proudly mention Every honorable intention to the world With trumpet-blaring, could Like sparrows, take uncaring All the little earthly struggles Cast them gypsy-like aside And fly happily and gladly All about earth's countryside. Why do the birds chant the Psalm of glory? Only because they alone are Free-throated and unafraid. Do they realize the danger In the slingshot of civilization? No, they are only conscious Of the joy within. Why sing of joy, if joy Is to be unheard? Why sing of faith, if faith Is to be barred? For all that is good Is forever alive, and all That is bad is dead before It be born. End of poem. This recording is in the public domain. The Carrier to J.K. By Rudolph Valentino Read for LibriVox.org By Matthew Ryan Ross MatthewRyanRoss.com The Carrier to J.K. A poor little messenger Clad in gray sent As a go-between, they say. Took a betrayal Under its wing, and guarded And cherished the slimy thing. We speak of glory And trust and men. But that is all forgotten When We send this softly feathered bird With messages best left unheard. Oh, what a mockery Cross the sky! The dove is sent To act as spy. End of poem. This recording is in the public domain. The School of Life By Rudolph Valentino Read for LibriVox.org By Matthew Ryan Ross MatthewRyanRoss.com The School of Life To M. Lives are classes. We are pupils with excellent teachers. Experience Should tutor us. But we so often shirk school. School can be made happy. And we delight in making A higher grade. But through not heeding experiences teaching We often are left back In the old class. And sometimes, sad to relate, Are put several grades lower. But, happily, There is always the opportunity Of skipping many grades upward. It's a poor rule that doesn't Work both ways. The mind is the grade we work in. We can have majestic thoughts Living in a hermit's hut. Or we can think as a swine In a palace on a throne of gold. Let us choose our station. Kingly children Or swine herds. Eternity is the empire. End of poem. This recording is in the public domain. The Wanton By Rudolph Valentino Read for LibriVox.org Recording by Nicalia Schwartz The Wanton To love save that which mockery was No heart save that of stone A multitude for ever hers Alas not one alone. Craddled in the arms of many Not where to lay her weary head Fortune smiled held out her hand And struck the Wanton dead. End of poem. This recording is in the public domain.  End of poem. This recording is in the public domain. Within a Wall By Rudolph Valentino Read for LibriVox.org By Matthew Ryan Ross MatthewRyanRoss.com Within a Wall Once in a time when skies were gray I chanced to walk in a cloistered way I saw the ones who closed the door On all the world Had spread before Their eyes that were closed to the joy of good They thought the God's law They understood O pity pity For such as they Who only look on skies of gray From cloistered windows Sad of eye When all about is glorious sky It was but the tiny patch of gray The shadowed thing that Happened to play behind the back Of the glorious earth Alas they thought it was all the worth Of the whole wide world The glorious world But the folded wings were not unfurled And closed to use They lost the call And so they lost to them They're all. End of poem. This recording is in the public domain. The Shallis By Rudolph Valentino Read for LibriVox.org The Shallis The Shallis 2-E-H The Shallis Of a lily cup Is indeed the sacrament That mother nature uses When she communes With God End of poem This recording Is in the public domain. Solicitude By Rudolph Valentino Read for LibriVox.org On the sands of a happy shore Walk two lovers Hand in hand Leaving all that's gone before They mark each footstep in the sand Knowing well that every footprint Will be trod by their own blood Therefore Let each couple ponder Or their footsteps For future good.  End of poem This recording is in the public domain. You By Rudolph Valentino Read for LibriVox.org By Larry Wilson You are the history of love And its justification The symbol of devotion The blessedness of womanhood The incentive of chivalry The reality of ideals The verity of joy Idolatry's defense The proof of goodness The power of gentleness Beauty's acknowledgement Vanity's excuse The promise of truth The melody of life The caress of romance The dream of desire The sympathy of understanding My heart's home The proof of faith Sanctuary of my soul My belief of heaven Eternity of all happiness My prayers You End of poem This recording is in the public domain. When you leave me Do not say Tomorrow we meet at twilight For that is the time of the darkening hour The ending of the day All Is glowing Gleaming in our love All is pulsing Breathing in the light Of understanding It is not symbolic of twilight No yet of dawning For it has reached the zenith of love's day So When you leave me, dearest Do not say Tomorrow we meet at twilight Rather, beloved of my heart We meet at sunshine Tomorrow End of poem This recording is in the public domain. Possessing the jewels of the earth Holding within my grasp The scepter of the universe All these Would but make me more the popper Were I beggared Of your love End of poem This recording is in the public domain. Fox.org By Thomas Peter 2GS 1 Just a packet of letters Tied with a bit of blue Just a packet of letters That once were sent by you To one who proved unworthy Of the love inscribed within The tiny packet of letters A witness of my sin 2 Just a packet of letters But they are not mine own I dare not claim One thought in them Not even as alone For to the one you thought I was In all sincerity You bared the secrets of your soul Now I send them back To thee 3 Just a packet of letters A monument of love You lie within the fire Place in smoke You'll rise above The sordiness of all deceit The grime of earthly thought Yet In this flash of living fire The flame of love Is caught 4 Just a packet of letters A while ago you were Now in vaporous symphony Of gray I send you back to her For the spirit of true love That's penned Must rise to meet her soul In pearly glory Round her head Love's halo Is its go To rake over the dead ashes Of a burnt out love One must use the penpoint Of poetry End of poem This recording is in the public domain The Lute A barrier to song of soul For none save God Can music charm From out a thing man made A bowl of wood A string or two to arm The troubadour with weapons strong End of poem This recording is in the public domain Powerless By Rudolph Valentino Red for vaporfox.org The Lute A barrier to song of soul Red for vaporfox.org By Kathleen Powerless When I see a look of sadness In the eyes of you Thoughts of grief akin to madness Search my being through Am I then so weak and helpless That I cannot send Even shadowings of sorrows To their deserved end End of poem This recording is in the public domain Cap and bells By Rudolph Valentino Red for vaporfox.org By Kathleen Cap and bells In life's masquerade The disguises are many Here's a man masquerading his wealth Where's a million of gold But a popper, I'm told He has an opinion of health Here comes a beggar In tatters and rags Masking his poverty old He may look the part Old. The costumes are varied Disguises beguiling That cover the true man beneath One wears learned looks That he's borrowed from books And a cooperative laurel wreath And still another pretending a clown In makeup the silliest fool But his knowledge of men Is beyond the kin Of a sage of the orthodox school There are millions of others In life's motley mask Who follow the art of mime They can play at mockery today But they never fool old father time End of poem This recording is in the public domain Patchwork Quilt By Rudolph Valentino Red for vaporfox.org By Kathleen Patchwork Quilt A patchwork quilt Industrial name Once it was not quite the same A different fame A crazy quilt Entitled you It was sorry fame Life is like that We do not see how little bits Make a harmony It's up to man to take each bit Of happiness and make it fit But if he takes And doesn't dwell upon the pattern Well it's hell A crazy quilt the name's okay But start a patchwork quilt today End of poem This recording is in the public domain By Rudolph Valentino Red for LibriVox.org By Matthew Ryan Ross MatthewRyanRoss.com To AM The sky is the mirror That reflects all phases of life The clouds of doubt Bring showers But there is always the silver lining promise Moral If the sky is the limit Better fix it clear in your mind to begin with End of poem This recording is in the public domain The philosophy of a pessimist By Rudolph Valentino Red for LibriVox.org By Josh Kibbe I do not care for money made easily It is not lasting I know I do not care for friends made easily They are not lasting I know I do not care for anything that comes easily It never lasts But I fell in love with you easily But not lastingly I know End of poem This recording is in the public domain Gems of Thought By Rudolph Valentino Red for LibriVox.org By Thomas Peter Diamonds Sintilating wit of sharpest ray Emeralds Philosophy Growth in words today Pearls Are the hymns of pity Sapphires Songs of the skies Rubies Are poems of passion And love that never dies End of poem This recording is in the public domain To CF By Rudolph Valentino Red for LibriVox.org Recording by Sarah Brown S-Exjunction Vermont To CF The curtain is raised on the first act The overture is over We can play our parts They say life's a stage But what a sad thing We have so few good stage managers Our productions have more In the way of costume And lack so often the right lines Lines do count Not always words But sympathy of thought Is quite as necessary End of poem This recording is in the public domain Sympathy By Rudolph Valentino Red for LibriVox.org Recording by Chuck Williamson Sympathy To J Sympathy is just as essential To the world as any other Great attribute of good But it must be sympathy In the right place Sympathy of thought Has been the greatest lever In the machinery of mankind But to sympathize with a weak nature Sometimes breaks up his foundation No, you're subject Never withhold sympathy In loving one But rather than sympathy Use encouragement as a tonic To tone up a weakling Kindly sympathetic interest Is only as essential To the world as any other Kindly sympathetic interest Is only another name for encouragement Never take away a prop Without putting a stronger one In its place End of poem This recording is in the public domain Labor By Rudolph Valentino Red for LibriVox.org Recording by Elsie Selwyn Labor On whose shoulders Are the crosses held None can liken a laborer To him who bears the heavy-hearted thoughts What can I say? It is more laborious than many tasks Yet It is not task For task is given to be done And ye are the cross-bearers If ye will End of poem This recording is in the public domain Recording by Elsie Selwyn Wealth To B.F.S. By Rudolph Valentino Red for LibriVox.org Recording by Sarah Brown S.Ext. Vermont Wealth To B.F.S. Treasures in the lowly casket That we call a brain Can jewels of the earth compare With all that man finds hidden there? The wealth of knowledge That will lead a willing soul Into a land of untold wonder? Where will be the lasting goal Of every seeking thought? End of poem This recording is in the public domain Understanding By Rudolph Valentino Red for LibriVox.org By Thomas Peter To the brother of Maris Maris of the golden eyes You and all innocence You and all innocence You and all innocence You and all innocence Looked upon a lovely world In wandering shyness Beauty beckoned Then turned the corner Of another day Leaving in her stead An unknown one The stranger to light Maris of the satan dies In your pity Looking from another world Have compassion on beauty Who thoughtlessly turned away Leaving another in her place The stranger to light End of poem This recording is in the public domain Hunger By Rudolph Valentino Red for LibriVox.org Recording by Nikalia Schwartz Hunger I have journeyed toward the city On the long, long road of life I have learned how little pity Plays a squeaking part in life I have learned that only money Is the voice that's heard today Calling for God's milk and honey Even hunger has no say I have reached the city's centre By the crooked road of hell For starvation's been my mentor And has taught her lesson well End of poem This recording is in the public domain Chuck Williamson Money Money You harlequin of the great masquerade Of life You wear the dollar sign as your mask It may hide you Yes, for a time But when it lasts Grim reality stalks Into the midst of the festivities The mask is ruthlessly Torn away And then is seen The true expression hidden behind it The cruel visage Of discordant greed End of poem This recording is in the public domain You heed me But our choosing makes them seem The reflection of a dream Let us therefore Choose in reason Whereby all that good is ours And by knowing rightful season Pass forever happy hours End of poem This recording is in the public domain To Caruso The earth is earth that is its worth To men who walk below But to the soul that seeks its goal Each land is all they know One calls it home, another heart Another property But to the one who loves his son He calls it Italy End of poem This recording is in the public domain Aron The green sod is red now Rebellion The green sod is white now Purity The green sod is blue now With truth And the green sod is ever green It is grown None can stop natural growth Aron Land of dreams Awaken End of poem This recording is in the public domain Bees By Rudolph Valentino Red Four Libervox.org Bees The air is alive with buzzing bees The little workers of destinies We grasp And strive To make our way Each life a hive And so our day Is fraught with honey sweet If we know all Is good in destiny End of poem This recording Is in the public domain To MT By Rudolph Valentino Red Four Libervox.org Recording by Elsie Selwyn To MT A certain lad had a long way to go So he sat still and waited until Well, another lad also had A long way to go So he hurried along and before long He received several gifts Not to be sneezed at No, they were not to be sneezed at Though I must say they made his eyes water a bit The gifts were lovely little blisters On his petal extremities So he had to sit down and take care Of his poor feet And in pain, tarried, looking at his poor feet Ah, yes Our other little lad took it very slowly Almost like the proverbial snail But kept on the lookout And pretty soon a nice comfortable wagon Came along And took the slow little boy for a nice ride And the good little slow boy Rode merrily by The poor little fast boy Who still sat nursing his blisters He had really gone Stepping on some little brimstones Though he said they were pebbles The good little slow boy Turned back and put his hand To the poor little fast boy But I regret to say he raised his digits To his nose Oh, world, where is thy sting? Note This is not a moral It is only something that happens Every day on our best trafficked roads End of poem This recording is in the public domain Recording by Elsie Selwyn Imperialism By Rudolph Valentino Read for LibriVox.org By Josh Kibbe Oh, mirror Most ungrateful ruler men has ever had We trembling bow to your decree But oh, tis very sad For all our great devotion And concern in your behalf No matter how we worship you You just give us the laugh That we may claim democracy You hold us like a slave The tyrant ruler of the world From cradle to the grave Pa Adams' prize apollos look to you It is the laugh The reward for faithful service Is Methuselah's epitaph End of poem This recording is in the public domain Radio to H.M. Radio of romance You Broadcasting to the universe All that is most blessed in all things But to me alone The melody of your love flows through The artery of time and space For unity Can never know division End of poem This recording is in the public domain The Kaleidoscope of Love By Rudolf Valentino Read for LibriVox.org Recording by Chuck Williamson The Kaleidoscope of Love Synonyms and antonyms A. Adoration Anticipation Affinity Arguments B. Beauty Bliss Bitterness Bondage C. Caresses Circumstances Confidences Charm D. Desire Delusion Dreams Divorce E. Ecstasy Engagement Ego End F. Fascination Faith G. Gossip Gratitude Gift H. Happiness Honor Heartache Hell I. Intuition Irony Idolatry Integrity J. Jealousy Joy K. Kisses Keepsakes Kismet L. Lips Loneliness Logic Longing M. Marriage Morality Money Man N. No Novelty Never Physician Own Offering Opulence P. Passion Promise Pride Proposal Q. Quality Quest Queries Quarals R. Romance Reveries Sympathy Sacrifice Shame Settlement T. Thoughts Truth Temper Tears You Unkindness Understanding Uncertainty Unfaithfulness V. Virtue Vanity Wisdom Wishes Wedlock X. The Unknown Love Y. Youth Yearning Yes Yawn Z. Zenith Zest Zeal Zero End of poem Memorial by Rudolf Valentino Recording by Elsie Selwyn Memorial to ASR A Saint-in-a-Stained-glass window To the memory of one who lived the life In sin and strife is the epitome of fun. A bit of coloured crockery, a picture wrought in glass, His memory is mockery, To his best to let it pass. A saint in a stained glass window, A blessed memorial true, When it reflects the beauty of The memory of you. End of poem. This recording is in the public domain, Recording by Elsie Selwyn. Dust to Dust by Rudolph Valentino. Read for LibriVox.org by Thomas Peter. I take a bone. I gaze at it in wonder. You, a bit of strength that was. In you today I see the whited sepulcher of nothingness. But you were the shaft that held the wagon of life. Your strength held together the vehicle of man, Until God called and the soul answered. End of poem. This recording is in the public domain. Lullaby Tree by Rudolph Valentino. Read for LibriVox.org. Recording by Campbell Shelp. Lullaby Tree. Cradle a thought on a bow of a tree, Where it will swing so lazily, Where it will gather to its heart, All in nature's lovely mart, For every lovely living thing, Stops to tuck by a tree and sing, Of what has gone on that very day, In fields and forests far away. If little thoughts hear happily, All that's said about a tree, They'll grow to be so wise and true, They'll come back to the heart of you, Much stronger grown and beauty-free, Because their cradle was a tree. End of poem. This recording is in the public domain. Adage by Rudolph Valentino. Read for LibriVox.org. Recording by Campbell Shelp. Adage. Happy childhood knows no sting, That the age of stealth doth bring, Stealing hours from the day, Takes the joys of strength away, Stealing hours from the night, Taking all for rest is might, When we steal away a trust, Nothing ever can we give, Back to him and so we must, Never steal, but give to live. End of poem. This recording is in the public domain. Faithfulness by Rudolph Valentino. Read for LibriVox.org. Recording by Campbell Shelp. Faithfulness to our little friend, the dog. A dog is the nearest approach to the sweet submissive Spirit God would have in us. Faithfulness in the highest form. He only is faithful because he believes in you, As God would have us believe in him. End of poem. This recording is in the public domain. Reflections at random by Rudolph Valentino. Read for LibriVox.org. Recording by Campbell Shelp. Reflections at random. 280. Sing a song to the moon, Or sing a song to the sun, But just as long as you sing a song, Your day or night is well begun. Woman, the unreasonable reason for the great reason Which the sages call life. Others not so knowing call it love. Faith, the engagement, repartee of love. Hope, marriage, maybe it's reply, But charity, divorce, is the retort to cordius. The wedding march or two step, I should say, Is only too often the lockstep. Punishment is seldom unmerited, Though we may not always see the cause. It is unwise to doubt others when you are not sure of yourself. Scientists are fools in some respects. I mean, the so-called ones, for they ignore the science of all important things. Friend is symbolical of heaven, but some play hell with it. Vine is a healthy disease and is very contagious. May I intrude, is often substituted for. Do I intrude? Bores are not connoisseurs in the selection of verbs. Make the best of what comes, for the best is coming. The great divide is the division of thought Which separates the wise from the fools. Whatever has in it the element of restlessness Is like the poison ivy plant. It causes rash and spasmodic movements, And after all the scratching the victim is worse off than before. Worlds and worlds to live in and so if you do. Care is helpful if we carefully care, But when we carelessly care, be careful. Gossip never related in the same way. When you eat hash you do not always recognize the different kinds of meat in it, do you? So it is with twice told tales. We always prefer the most difficult way. It seems so much more important, But once we realize it, truth is always simplest when it is truth. It takes a hero to accuse no one, But take another's accusation to his heart. Love's greatest expression is service. Eyes are living windows. Into the garden we all go, But most are looking for the worm in the bed And never see the promise of the flower. Arch the very mockery of it, The painted mask we sometimes call a face, Alas that pigment be so badly used, And artistry brought to much sad disgrace. Take freedom but take care lest it take your liberty from you. To be a humorist one must be concise, Witty but short lived for the good die young. Cleverness, word most useful to the bard, Who finds his pathway all beset with doubt, If we find his hidden meanings hard we call him clever, Then he knows what we're about. Publicity is the keystone in the arch of triumph. Money, pretender to the throne of all we most desire. Doubt is the opposing influence of our lives. Happiness, some never know as the lasting friend, But only as a bowing acquaintance. Wifehood is a profession, But womanhood is the expression. Faith is the oasis in our desert of lost hope. Given a chance to run in the great race, Even a weakling can win if he wears the armor of courage. Purpose in doing is the cornerstone of success. Did anything ever build itself overnight That was worthy the name great structure? Loving service is more helpful than scholarly advice. Friend, most lovely word akin to love, Its dearest relation, might I say. We dream of greatness and humility Only to awaken to the greatness of humility. End of poem. This recording is in the public domain. Cooperation by Rudolf Valentino, Red for LibriVox.org Recording by Campbell Schelp. Cooperation. O just and mighty army of the world of living things, March out into the open heart of man, He needs a touch of nature with the sympathy it brings In order to work out life's perfect plan. End of poem. This recording is in the public domain. End of Daydreams by Rudolf Valentino.