"I beseech you, by all angels, to hold your peace, and not pollute the morning, to which all the housemates bring serene and pleasant thoughts, by corruption and groans.
Come out of the azure. Love the day."
Grace, Beauty, and Caprice
Build this golden portal;
Graceful women, chosen men
Dazzle every mortal:
Their sweet and lofty countenance
His enchanting food;
He need not go to them, their forms
Beset his solitude.
He looketh seldom in their face,
His eyes explore the ground,
The green grass is a looking-glass
Whereon their traits are found.
Little he says to them,
So dances his heart in his breast,
Their tranquil mien bereaveth him
Of wit, of words, of rest.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
This is beauty-full. I hope you loved the day.
ReplyDeleteI love Emerson's essay on Self Reliance. My appreciation of RWE was late in coming. It was a Where's Waldo experience.
Reading this made me wish it was Saturday all over again. Hope you had a great one!
ReplyDeleteIt's so beautiful... Way to go!
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