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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Grace is but glory begun, and glory is but grace perfected.
Grace is but glory begun, and glory is but grace perfected.
Gracefulness has been defined to be the outward expression of the inward harmony of the soul
Gracefulness has been defined to be the outward expression of the inward harmony of the soul
An outward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual grace.
An outward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual grace.
Hail to thee, lady! and the grace of heaven,
Before, behind thee, and on every hand,
Enwheel read more
Hail to thee, lady! and the grace of heaven,
Before, behind thee, and on every hand,
Enwheel thee round!
The sweat of hard work is not to be displayed. It is much more graceful to appear favored by the read more
The sweat of hard work is not to be displayed. It is much more graceful to appear favored by the gods.
Stately and tall he moves in the hall,
The chief of a thousand for grace.
Stately and tall he moves in the hall,
The chief of a thousand for grace.
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?
O, then, what graces in my love do dwell
That he hath turned a heaven unto a hell!
O, then, what graces in my love do dwell
That he hath turned a heaven unto a hell!
And grace that won who saw to wish her stay.
And grace that won who saw to wish her stay.
