Lo. sifted through the winds that blow, Down comes the soft and silent snow, White petals from the flowers that grow In the cold atmosphere. ~
~ Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather. ~
~ In the bleak midwinter Frosty wind made moan, Earth stood hard as iron, Water like a stone; Snow had fallen, snow on snow, Snow on snow, In the bleak midwinter, Long ago. ~
~ Come, night; come, Romeo; come, thou day in night; For thou wilt lie upon the wings of night Whiter than new snow upon a raven's back. ~
~ Through the sharp air a flaky torrent flies, Mocks the slow sight, and hides the gloomy skies; The fleecy clouds their chilly bosoms bare, And shed their substance on the floating air. ~
~ Out of the bosom of the Air, Out of the cloud-folds of her garments shaken, Over the woodlands brown and bare, Over the harvest-fields forsaken, Silent, and soft, and slow Descends the snow. ~
~ Don't complain about the snow on your neighbor's roof when your own doorstep is unclean. ~
~ Sunshine cannot bleach the snow, Nor time unmake what poets know ~
"A memory is what is left when something happens and does not completely unhappen." ~Edward de Bono
ReplyDeleteAnd how did Confucius know I was complaining about the snow on my neighbour's roof? Scary. :)
What an interesting quote! I'm not sure, perhaps Confucious was psychic? :)
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Wow! Great quotes! I love the one from Longfellow. Personification never gets old :)
ReplyDeleteOooh! I like these quotes and they're by some of my favourite writers too!
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