And now I see with eye serene, The very pulse of the machine. A being breathing thoughtful breaths, A traveler between life and death.
WILLIAM WORDSWORTHFrom the body of one guilty deed a thousand ghostly fears and haunting thoughts proceed.
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By all means sometimes be alone; salute thyself; see what thy soul doth wear; dare to look in thy chest; and tumble up and down what thou findest there.
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But thou that didst appear so fair To fond imagination, Dost rival in the light of day Her delicate creation.
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Delight and liberty, the simple creed of childhood.
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A mind forever Voyaging through strange seas of Thought, alone.
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The flower that smells the sweetest is shy and lowly.
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He spake of love, such love as spirits feel In worlds whose course is equable and pure; No fears to beat away, no strife to heal,- The past unsighed for, and the future sure.
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But who is innocent? By grace divine, Not otherwise,O Nature! we are thine.
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Dust as we are, the immortal spirit grows Like harmony in music; there is a dark Inscrutable workmanship that reconciles Discordant elements, makes them cling together In one society.
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Wisdom is oftentimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar.
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Prompt to move but firm to wait – knowing things rashly sought are rarely found.
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Memories -images and precious thoughts that shall not die and cannot be destroyed.
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May books and nature be their early joy!
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All that we behold is full of blessings.
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Never to blend our pleasure or our pride With sorrow of the meanest thing that feels.
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Life is divided into three terms – that which was, which is, and which will be.
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Suffering is permanent, obscure and dark, And shares the nature of infinity.
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In ourselves our safety must be sought. By our own right hand it must be wrought.
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Love betters what is best.
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Let Nature be your teacher.
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A voice so thrilling ne’er was heard. Breaking the silence of the seas Among the farthest Hebrides.
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The mind of man is a thousand times more beautiful than the earth on which he dwells.
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Great men have been among us; hands that penn’d and tongues that utter’d wisdom.
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A few strong instincts and a few plain rules.
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The memory of the just survives in Heaven.
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Shalt show us how divine a thing A woman may be made.
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And suddenly all your troubles melt away, all your worries are gone, and it is for no reason other than the look in your partner’s eyes. Yes, sometimes life and love really is that simple.
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