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LightWinged Smoke
Lightwinged Smoke, Icarian bird,
Melting thy pinions in thy upward flight,
Lark without song, and read more
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-.
Beauty without grace is the hook without the bait.
Beauty without grace is the hook without the bait.
Grace isn't a little prayer you chant before receiving a meal. It's a way to live.
Grace isn't a little prayer you chant before receiving a meal. It's a way to live.
Grace is but glory begun, and glory is but grace perfected.
Grace is but glory begun, and glory is but grace perfected.
Full many a lady
I have eyed with best regard, and many a time
Th' harmony of read more
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.
How inimitably graceful children are before they learn to dance.
How inimitably graceful children are before they learn to dance.
Remove grace, and you have nothing whereby to be saved. Remove free will and you have nothing that could be read more
Remove grace, and you have nothing whereby to be saved. Remove free will and you have nothing that could be saved.
And grace that won who saw to wish her stay.
And grace that won who saw to wish her stay.
Like any other gift, the gift of grace can be yours only if you'll reach out and take it. Maybe read more
Like any other gift, the gift of grace can be yours only if you'll reach out and take it. Maybe being able to reach out and take it is a gift too.
