Or were I in the wildest waste,
Sae bleak and bare, sae bleak and bare,
The desert read more

Or were I in the wildest waste,
Sae bleak and bare, sae bleak and bare,
The desert were a paradise
If thou wert there, if thou were there.

If one cannot catch the bird of paradise, better take a wet hen.

If one cannot catch the bird of paradise, better take a wet hen.

It is a curious thing that every creed promises a paradise which will be absolutely uninhabitable for anyone of civilised read more

It is a curious thing that every creed promises a paradise which will be absolutely uninhabitable for anyone of civilised taste.

In this fool's paradise, he drank delight.

In this fool's paradise, he drank delight.

A limbo large and broad, since call'd
The Paradise of Fools to few unknown.

A limbo large and broad, since call'd
The Paradise of Fools to few unknown.

Paradise is to be the ultimate instrument, fulfilling God's desperate intent that we love each other. The music people . read more

Paradise is to be the ultimate instrument, fulfilling God's desperate intent that we love each other. The music people . . . they give thanks for the gift and reflect the love.

So on he fares, and to the border comes,
Of Eden, where delicious Paradise,
Now nearer, crowns read more

So on he fares, and to the border comes,
Of Eden, where delicious Paradise,
Now nearer, crowns with her enclosure green,
As with a rural mound, the champain head
Of a steep wilderness.

The only paradise is paradise lost

The only paradise is paradise lost

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.