The meanest floweret of the vale,
The simplest note that swells the gale,
The common sun, the read more

The meanest floweret of the vale,
The simplest note that swells the gale,
The common sun, the air, the skies,
To him are open paradise.

In the nine heavens are eight Paradises;
Where is the ninth one? In the human breast.
Only read more

In the nine heavens are eight Paradises;
Where is the ninth one? In the human breast.
Only the blessed dwell in th' Paradises,
But blessedness dwells in the human breast.

I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.

I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.

A book of Verses underneath the Bough,
A Jug of Wine, A Loaf of Bread, and Thou
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A book of Verses underneath the Bough,
A Jug of Wine, A Loaf of Bread, and Thou
Beside me singing in the Wilderness--
On, Wilderness were Paradise enow!

Nor count compartments of the floors,
But mount to paradise
By the stairway of surprise.

Nor count compartments of the floors,
But mount to paradise
By the stairway of surprise.

Paradise can be found on the back of horses, in books and between the breasts of women.

Paradise can be found on the back of horses, in books and between the breasts of women.

Through clever and constant application of propaganda, people can be made to see paradise as hell, and also the other read more

Through clever and constant application of propaganda, people can be made to see paradise as hell, and also the other way round, to consider the most wretched sort of life as paradise.

There is no expeditious road
To pack and label men for God,
And save them by the read more

There is no expeditious road
To pack and label men for God,
And save them by the barrel-load.
Some may perchance, with strange surprise,
Have blundered into Paradise.

He who has gold makes and accomplishes whatever he wishes in the world and finally uses it to send souls read more

He who has gold makes and accomplishes whatever he wishes in the world and finally uses it to send souls to paradise.