Gone - flitted away, Taken the stars from the night and the sun From the day! Gone, and a cloud in my heart.
Interpretation
The quote expresses deep sorrow over the loss of a loved one, comparing their absence to the removal of light from the sky.
In this poignant quote, Tennyson captures the profound grief that comes from losing someone dear. The imagery of stars and the sun being taken away symbolizes the essential light and joy that the loved one brought to life, highlighting the emotional void left in their absence, akin to a cloud overshadowing the heart.
In practice
This quote could be shared at a memorial service to express the depth of sorrow felt after a loss.
Twilight and evening bell, And after that the dark! And may there be no sadness of farewell, When I embark; For though from out our bourne of Time and Place The flood may bear me far, I hope to see my Pilot face to face When I have crossed the bar.
How many a father have I seen, A sober man, among his boys, Whose youth was full of foolish noise.
O Love! what hours were thine and mine, In lands of palm and southern pine; In lands of palm, of orange-blossom, Of olive, aloe, and maize and vine!
Earth is dry to the centre,_x000D_ But spring, a new comer,_x000D_ A spring rich and strange,_x000D_ Shall make the winds blow_x000D_ Round and round,_x000D_ Thro' and thro',_x000D_ Here and there,_x000D_ Till the air_x000D_ And the ground_x000D_ Shall be fill'd with life anew.
O love, O fire! once he drew With one long kiss my whole soul through My lips, as sunlight drinketh dew.
But thy strong Hours indignant work’d their wills, And beat me down and marr’d and wasted me, And tho’ they could not end me, left me maim’d To dwell in presence of immortal youth, Immortal age beside immortal youth, And all I was, in ashes. - Tithonus
Hugs can do great amounts of good - especially for children.
Remove all the walls and curtains so you can get closer and purely love. Have principles but do not use them to exclude or to judge the others. Stay far from idols, specially from those you made from your own principles. Have a powerful faith, but do not play the powerful.
Thoroughly convinced of the impossibility of his own suit, a high resolve constrained him not to injure that of another. This is a lover's most stoical virtue, as the lack of it is a lover's most venial sin.
People cry at weddings for the same reason they cry at happy endings: because they so desperately want to believe in something they know is not credible.
They say love conquers all_x000D_ You can't start it like a car_x000D_ You can't stop it with a gun.
Let us also love our neighbors as ourselves. Let us have charity and humility. Let us give alms because these cleanse our souls from the stains of sin. Men lose all the material things they leave behind them in this world, but they carry with them the reward of their charity and the alms they give. For these they will receive from the Lord the reward and recompense they deserve.
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