Heart Leaps Up

my Heart Leaps Up When I Behold by William Wordsworth My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky: So was it when my life began; So is it now that I am a man; So be it when I shall grow old, Or let me die! The Child is father of …

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If We Are Bold

Touched by an Angel by Maya Angelou We, unaccustomed to courage exiles from delight live coiled in shells of loneliness until love leaves its high holy temple and comes into our sight to liberate us into life. Love arrives and in its train come ecstasies old memories of pleasure ancient histories of pain. Yet if …

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The Will of Love

"Love seeketh not itself to please, nor for itself hath any care, but for another gives its ease, and builds a Heaven in Hell's despair." ~ William Blake Love intensifies all things. It is the presence of presences; its absence is hatred. All that is consistent with its spirit is drawn nigh unto it. All …

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