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Swans sing before they die - 'twere no bad thing should certain persons die before they sing.
Swans sing before they die - 'twere no bad thing should certain persons die before they sing.
Art is man's nature: Nature is God's art.
Art is man's nature: Nature is God's art.
Were I called on to define, very briefly, the term art, I should call it "the Reproduction of what the read more
Were I called on to define, very briefly, the term art, I should call it "the Reproduction of what the senses perceive in nature through the veil of the mist
Nature is a good name for an effect whose cause is God.
Nature is a good name for an effect whose cause is God.
You can live for years next door to a big pine tree, honored to have so venerable a neighbor, even read more
You can live for years next door to a big pine tree, honored to have so venerable a neighbor, even when it sheds needles all over your flowers or wakes you, dropping big cones onto your deck at still of night.
The violets in the mountains have broken the rocks.
The violets in the mountains have broken the rocks.
How strange that nature does not knock, and yet does not intrude!
How strange that nature does not knock, and yet does not intrude!
In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments; there are consequences.
In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments; there are consequences.
Break open a cherry tree and there are no flowers, but the spring breeze brings forth myriad blossoms.
Break open a cherry tree and there are no flowers, but the spring breeze brings forth myriad blossoms.
