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Wonder [said Socrates] is very much the affection of a
philosopher; for there is no other beginning of philosophy read more
Wonder [said Socrates] is very much the affection of a
philosopher; for there is no other beginning of philosophy than
this.
O day and night, but this is wondrous strange!
O day and night, but this is wondrous strange!
A schoolboy's tale, the wonder of an hour!
A schoolboy's tale, the wonder of an hour!
There's something in a flying horse,
There's something in a huge balloon.
There's something in a flying horse,
There's something in a huge balloon.
It will have blood, they say: blood will have blood.
Stones have been known to move and trees to read more
It will have blood, they say: blood will have blood.
Stones have been known to move and trees to speak;
Augures and understood relations have
By maggot-pies and choughs and rooks brought forth
The secret'st man of blood. What is the night?
The world will never starve for want of wonders; but only for
want of wonder.
The world will never starve for want of wonders; but only for
want of wonder.
O wonderful, wonderful, and most wonderful wonderful, and yet
again wonderful, and after that, out of all hooping!
O wonderful, wonderful, and most wonderful wonderful, and yet
again wonderful, and after that, out of all hooping!
Wonders I sing; the sun has set; no night has followed.
[Lat., Mira cano; sol occubuit;
Nox read more
Wonders I sing; the sun has set; no night has followed.
[Lat., Mira cano; sol occubuit;
Nox nulla secuta est.]
Men love to wonder and that is the seed of our science.
Men love to wonder and that is the seed of our science.
