“Sometimes it seems to me that God 's way of dealing with me is not to let me see much of my friends, those who are most to me in the spiritual life, lest I should forget that the invisible bond is the only reality. That is the only way I can reconcile myself to the inevitable separations of life and death.” WayShouldI CanSometimesRealitySeemsSpiritualForgetMy FriendsLet MeSeparationInvisibleInevitableLife And DeathSpiritual LifeReconcile Author:Lucy Larcom
“I remember how beautiful the Merrimac looked to me in childhood, the first true river I ever knew; it opened upon my sight and wound its way through my heart like a dream realized; its harebells, its rocks, and its rapids, are far more fixed in my memory than anything about the sea.” WayFirstsHeartDreamBeautifulRememberMemoriesSeaChildhoodRocksMy HeartRiversSightWoundsFixedRapids Author:Lucy Larcom
“To her bier Comes the year Not with weeping and distress, as mortals do, But, to guide her way to it, All the trees have torches lit; Blazing red the maples shine the woodlands through.” WayYearsTreeRedShiningGuidesMortalsAutumnDistressLitWeepingTorchesBlazingMapleWoodland Book:Poems Source: Poems
“God be thanked for the thinkers of good and noble thoughts! It wakes up all the best in ourselves, to come into close contact with others greater and better in every way than we are.” WayGreaterWake UpNobleContactThinkerAll The Best Author:Lucy Larcom
“The beauty of work depends upon the way we meet it — whether we arm ourselves each morning to attack it as an enemy that must be vanquished before night comes, or whether we open our eyes with the sunrise to welcome it as an approaching friend.” WayFeelsWellsEyeNightWorkCompanyEnemyMorningArmsDependsWelcomeEveningSunriseWorth ItDelightfulFatigue Author:Lucy Larcom
