LightWinged Smoke
Lightwinged Smoke, Icarian bird,
Melting thy pinions in thy upward flight,
Lark without song, and the messenger of dawn,
Circling above the hamlets as thy nest;
Or else, departing dream, and shadowy form
Of midnight vision, gathering up thy skirts;
By night star-veiling, and by day
Darkening the light and blotting out the sun;
Go thou my incense upward from this hearth,
And ask the gods to pardon this clear flame.
-Henry David Thoreau-.
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justified by the law; ye are fallen read more
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justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.
Grace is but glory begun, and glory is but grace perfected.
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The sweat of hard work is not to be displayed. It is much more graceful to appear favored by the gods.
Full many a lady
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Full many a lady
I have eyed with best regard, and many a time
Th' harmony of their tongues hath into bondage
Brought my too diligent ear; for several virtues
Have I liked several women; never any
With so full soul but some defect in her
Did quarrel with the noblest grace she owed,
And put it to the foil.
Always accept good fortune with grace and humility.
Always accept good fortune with grace and humility.
Grace is savage and must be savage in order to be perfect.
Grace is savage and must be savage in order to be perfect.
Here comes one with a paper: God give him grace to groan!
Here comes one with a paper: God give him grace to groan!
Narcissus is the glory of his race:
For who does nothing with a better grace?
Narcissus is the glory of his race:
For who does nothing with a better grace?
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If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world, and that his heart is no island cut off from other lands, but a continent that joins to them.
