Life is But a Shadow Cast

Words are like leaves; and where they most abound, Much fruit of sense is rarely found. [Alexander Pope]

After a lifetime of reading scientific treatises, my abiding enthusiasm for verses has only been enhanced - because they can come to the point in such an elegant and memorable way without a preponderance of explanatory words. I will leave it to the readers to judge how successful I have been in maintaining this virtue with the modest collection of verses here.