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And I will show that there is no imperfection in the present, and can be none in the future, And I will…
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O the joy of the strong-brawn'd fighter, towering in the arena in perfect condition, conscious of power, thirsting to meet his opponent.
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Give me juicy autumnal fruit, ripe and red from the orchard.
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This face is a dog's snout sniffing for garbage, snakes nest in that mouth, I hear the sibilant threat.
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To me, every hour of the light and dark is a miracle. Every cubic inch of space is a miracle.
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The city sleeps and the country sleeps, the living sleep for their time, the dead sleep for their time, the old husband…
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What a devil art thou, Poverty! How many desires - how many aspirations after goodness and truth - how many noble thoughts,…
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I think I could turn and live with animals, they are so placid and self-contained, I stand and look at them long…
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Old age: The estuary that enlarges and spreads itself grandly as it pours into the Great Sea.
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To me the sea is a continual miracle; The fishes that swim - the rocks - the motion of the waves -…
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All beauty comes from beautiful blood and a beautiful brain.
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What beauty there is in words; what a lurking curious charm in the sound some words.
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In the dooryard fronting an old farm-house near the white-wash'd palings, Stands the lilac-bush tall-growing with heart-shaped leaves of rich green, with…
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Wakening from the dreaming forest there, the hazel-sprig sang under my tongue, its drifting fragrance climbed up through my conscious mind as…
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As for rosemary, I let it run all over my garden walls, not only because my bees love it but because it…
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There is not a sprig of grass that shoots uninteresting to me.
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As the game enters its glorious final weeks, the chill of fall signals the reality of defeat for all but one team.…
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It turns out that, at social gatherings, as a source of entertainment, conviviality, and good fun, I rank somewhere between a sprig…
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WEATHERS This is the weather the cuckoo likes, And so do I; When showers betumble the chestnut spikes, And nestlings fly; And…
— Thomas Hardy
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It has lately been drawn to your correspondent's attention that, at social gatherings, she is not the human magnet she would be.…
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