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“...O if we but knew what to do When we delve or hew Hack and rack the growing green! Since country is so tender To touch, her being s slender,”

“NOT, Ill not, carrion comfort, Despair, not feast on thee;Not untwistslack they may bethese last strands of manIn me r, most weary, cry I can no more. I can;Can something, hope, wish day come, not ...”

“The world is charged with the grandeur of God.”

“All things therefore are charged with love, are charged with God and if we knew how to touch them give off sparks and take fire, yield drops and flow, ring and tell of him.”

“Let Him easter in us, be a dayspring to the dimness of us, be a crimson-cresseted east.”

“Today I want to belong. I want to feel safe and at home. I want to be aware of what it is like simply to be, without defenses or desires. I will appreciate the flow of life for what it is-my own tr...”

“Nature reflects the moods of the wizard.”

“My calling ties me to no office, makes me no man's slave, compels me to no action which my soul condemns. It sets me free from town life, which I loathe; and allows me to breathe clean air, to exer...”

“Im not a woman you bring home to Mother, pick out china patterns with, or Mary forefend, breed. Ive seen a chunk of the universe, true, but theres still so much more to see. I doubt Ill ever cure t...”

“My hope, my heaven, my trust must be,My gentle guide, in following thee.”

“Amory took to writing poetry on spring afternoons, in the gardens of the big estates near Princeton, while swans made effective atmosphere in the artificial pools, and slow clouds sailed harmonious...”