Month: August 2018

“Love’s Reason” Poem by Henry Van Dyke

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LOVE’S REASON

     For that thy face is fair I love thee not;
         Nor yet because the light of thy brown eyes
         Hath gleams of wonder and of glad surprise,
     Like woodland streams that cross a sunlit spot:
     Nor for thy beauty, born without a blot,
       Most perfect when it shines through no disguise
       Pure as the star of Eve in Paradise,—
     For all these outward things I love thee not:

     But for a something in thy form and face,
       Thy looks and ways, of primal harmony;
     A certain soothing charm, a vital grace
       That breathes of the eternal womanly,
     And makes me feel the warmth of Nature’s breast,
     When in her arms, and thine, I sink to rest.”

Excerpt From
Music, and Other Poems
Henry Van Dyke

Today’s Quote on Regrets

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Regrets are a waste of time. They’re the past crippling you in the present.

Federico Fellini

Today’s Quote by Stanley Kubrick on Courage

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However vast the darkness, we must supply our own light.

Stanley Kubrick

Something to Think About

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We have a choice. We can live in the past and be miserable and unhappy, or we can pick ourselves up and move ahead in life.

~ John Templeton

The wisdom imparted by John Templeton applies to you and me every second of our existence. What are the choices you face at the moment? What can you do to move forward with your life?

New Fiction Fun Read Begins in 7 Days

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A New Fiction Fun Read Featuring Gillis and Pickle, Two Incompetent Police Detectives Begins in 7 Days.

New Fun Read Featuring Two Bumbling Detectives

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A New Fiction Fun Read Featuring Gillis and Pickle, Two Bumbling Police Detectives Begins in 7 Days.

“Aquainted With The Night” Poem by Robert Frost

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Aquainted With The Night

by Robert Frost

I have been one acquainted with the night.
I have walked out in rain — and back in rain.
I have outwalked the furthest city light.
I have looked down the saddest city lane.
I have passed by the watchman on his beat
And dropped my eyes, unwilling to explain.

I have stood still and stopped the sound of feet
When far away an interrupted cry
Came over houses from another street,

But not to call me back or say good-bye;
And further still at an unearthly height,
O luminary clock against the sky

Proclaimed the time was neither wrong nor right.
I have been one acquainted with the night.

“And I Still Rise” Maya Angelou Recites Her Poem ~ Inspiring

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“The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls” Poem by Longfellow

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THE TIDE RISES, THE TIDE FALLS

The tide rises, the tide falls,
The twilight darkens, the curlew calls;
Along the sea-sands damp and brown
The traveller hastens toward the town,
   And the tide rises, the tide falls.
Darkness settles on roofs and walls,
But the sea in the darkness calls and calls;
The little waves, with their soft, white hands,
Efface the footprints in the sands,
  And the tide rises, the tide falls.
The morning breaks; the steeds in their stalls
Stamp and neigh, as the hostler calls;
The day returns, but nevermore
Returns the traveller to the shore,
   And the tide rises, the tide falls.”

Excerpt From
The Complete Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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