The Throne or Heaven (Chapter 4:6-8)
Who or what do the four (4) living creatures which came out of the sea of glass, clear as crystal before the throne of heavean? They were covered with eyes all...
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The Throne or Heaven (Chapter 4:6-8)
Who or what do the four (4) living creatures which came out of the sea of glass, clear as crystal before the throne of heavean? They were covered with eyes all...
Thank you, Firefangled, for sharing that most heart touching poem. I too begin to miss and wonder where the years went. So busy are we when our children are small that when are hands begin to slow,...
"Envy and Arrogance and Avarice
Are the three sparks that have all hearts enkindled."
(Canto VI, lines 74-75, page 33
"Lost are we, and are only so far punished,
That without hope we live on in...
One day, after a long day of work, I read my child a story before bed out of a book called "The Children's Book of Virtues" by William J. Bennett. The story was entitled "The Stars in the Sky" which...
In tall grass and fields of green,
fairies whisper a child's dream.
In the night full of lunar light a child eagerly seeks,
the mystical beings and magical spells,
of fairy dust, oh what tales...
If God does not in fact exist, it would not change my life one bit. Look at all the dead poets and authors we read today. I have bore a child and he is my sense of immortality in this world. I like...
Sorry if my comment was a bit harsh on the board. So as an expression of apology, I'll extend to you an experience that was romantic for me. I once dated a guy who played guitar. He brought out his...
So true, so true. If poetry could be the bait of mating, all bards would be Hugh Heffner. But I found this poem by William Blake and think it appropriate for regarding deceit by using silver...
I never studied French, can you translate it in English so the ignorant may understand it?
Thank you.
"They say women we're the stronger,
Somehow we always make it through,
Hell, that ain't how I feel right now
I don't even think it's true.
Looks to me there's lots more broken then anyone can...
"Envy and Arrogance and Avarice, Are the three sparks that have all hearts enkindled." (Canto VI, lines 74-75) Henry Wadsworth Longfellow translation.
"Lost are we, and are only so far punished,...
"Th' Expense of Spirit in a Waste of Shame"
The expense of spirit in a waste of shame
Is lust in action; and till action, lust
Is perjured, muderous bloody, full of blame,
Savage, exstreme,...
Some of my favorite books have be by John Steinbeck. I loved "The Winter of our Discontent" when Mary says to Ethan (the main character) "You say such dreadful things even to the children....And they...
"We have usurped many of the powers we once ascribed to God. Fearful and unprepared, we have assumed lordship over the life or death of the whole word--all living things.......Having taken godlike...
I am currently reading Dante's Inferno and the translation I found that keeps closely to Dante's poetic style is a translation by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow published in 1867. I found Dante's epic...