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The only cure for grief is action.
The only cure for grief is action.
 Oh, well has it been said, that there is no grief like the grief 
which does not speak!  
 Oh, well has it been said, that there is no grief like the grief 
which does not speak! 
 O, grief hath changed me since you saw me last,
 And careful hours, with Time's deformed hand,
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 O, grief hath changed me since you saw me last,
 And careful hours, with Time's deformed hand,
  Have written strange defeatures in my face. 
Those things that hurt, instruct.
Those things that hurt, instruct.
One joy shatters a hundred griefs
One joy shatters a hundred griefs
Excess of grief for the dead is madness; for it is an injury to the living, and the dead know read more
Excess of grief for the dead is madness; for it is an injury to the living, and the dead know it not.
 Light griefs are communicative, great ones stupefy.
 [Lat., Curae leves loquuntur, ingentes stupent.]  
 Light griefs are communicative, great ones stupefy.
 [Lat., Curae leves loquuntur, ingentes stupent.] 
 FIRE HAS LEFT THE HEARTH 
Fire has left the hearth 
Nautilus climbed from shell 
Perfume flowed from read more 
 FIRE HAS LEFT THE HEARTH 
Fire has left the hearth 
Nautilus climbed from shell 
Perfume flowed from bottle 
Prisoner gone from cell 
Butterfly flutterbied cocoon 
nor hand restrained by glove 
Jesus away from manger 
Cage left by Spirit Dove. 
Sparklings soared away from wand. 
Chick's egg become the bird. 
Omkar sung from out the throat 
Violin's notes now heard. 
Buddhist temple pine cone 
tabernacle'd godlet seed 
Shattered that it might manifest 
thousand forests of fir tree 
Eternal snow of mountain top 
now nurses meadow flowers. 
Shining never held by sun 
relentless melts ice towers. 
Love has left its 
spring the heart 
Is now a liquid pond 
Host stolen from the chalice 
consumed in mouth of God 
Starlight abandoned star 
a billion years ago 
Left that tonight you 
might 
have its sight 
and know 
Know Love is forever 
no drop of God ever dies 
Lover not bound by form of love 
God's bodies are not God's souls 
(to his wife and children 
on the death of Robert S) 
(Baba Hari Das: is the author 
of love is more powerful than 
lover for love is not bound by 
form). 
Grief knits two hearts in closer bonds than happiness ever can; and common sufferings are far stronger links than common read more
Grief knits two hearts in closer bonds than happiness ever can; and common sufferings are far stronger links than common joys. -Alphonse de Lamartine.