Governments may change, and opinions, and the very appearance of lands themselves, but the slowest thing to change is religion. What has once been associated with worship becomes holy in itself, and self-perpetuating, always built upon the foundation of mingled awe and attraction which the unknown has for the mind of man.
But calm, white calm, was born into a swan. - Elizabeth Jane Coatsworth
But calm, white calm, was born into a swan.
- Elizabeth Jane Coatsworth
Only of one thing I am sure: when I dream I am always ageless. - Elizabeth Jane Coatsworth
Only of one thing I am sure: when I dream I am always ageless.
When I dream, I am ageless. - Elizabeth Jane Coatsworth
When I dream, I am ageless.
To a life that seizes Upon content, Locality seems But accident. - Elizabeth Jane Coatsworth
To a life that seizes Upon content, Locality seems But accident.
I saw the lovely arch Of rainbow span the sky, The gold sun burning As the rain swept by. - Elizabeth Jane Coatsworth
I saw the lovely arch Of rainbow span the sky, The gold sun burning As the rain swept by.
At a touch, he explodes like a snapdragon into loud purrs. - Elizabeth Jane Coatsworth
At a touch, he explodes like a snapdragon into loud purrs.
Today I walked on the lion-coloured hills with only cypresses for company, until the sunset caught me, turned the brush to copper set the clou… - Elizabeth Jane Coatsworth
Today I walked on the lion-coloured hills with only cypresses for company, until the sunset caught me, turned the brush to copper set the clou…
The sunset caught me, turned the brush to copper,/ set the clouds/ to one great roof of flame/ above the earth. - Elizabeth Jane Coatsworth
The sunset caught me, turned the brush to copper,/ set the clouds/ to one great roof of flame/ above the earth.
I say that almost everywhere there is beauty enough to fill a person's life if one would only be sensitive to it. but Henry says No: that broken beau… - Elizabeth Jane Coatsworth
I say that almost everywhere there is beauty enough to fill a person's life if one would only be sensitive to it. but Henry says No: that broken beau…
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