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“Softly drops the crimson sun: Softly down from overhead, Drop the bell-notes, one by one, Melting in the melting red.”

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Sarah Chauncey Woolsey was an American author known for her children's literature. Born on January 29, 1835, and passing away on April 9, 1905, her works were beloved by children for their warm stories and vivid characters. more

“I stood on a tower in the wet, And New Year and Old Year met, And winds were roaring and blowing: And I said, "O years, that meet in tears, Have ye aught that is worth the knowing? Science enough and exploring, Wanderers coming and going, Matter enough for deploring, But aught that is worth the knowing?”

Years Said Matter Enough Knowing Tears Wind Civilization Mets New Year Wet Towers Exploring Roaring Wanderers Old Year

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (Illustrated)

“This barren verbiage, current among men, Light coin, the tinsel clink of compliment.”

Men Currents Compliment Coins Tinsel

Author:Alfred Lord Tennyson

“Short swallow-flights of song, that dip Their wings in tears, and skim away.”

Song Tears Singing Wings Flight Dip

Author:Alfred Lord Tennyson

“Yonder cloud That rises upward always higher, And onward drags a laboring breast, And topples round the dreary west, A looming bastion fringed with fire.”

Fire Higher West Rounds Clouds Breasts Drag Dreary Looming Sky And Clouds

Book:In Memoriam

Source: In Memoriam

“Upon occasion we should go as far as intoxication.... Drink washes cares away, stirs the mind from its lowest depths.... But in liberty moderation is wholesome, and so it is in wine.... We ought not indulge too often, for fear the mind contract a bad habit, yet it is right to draw it toward elation and release and to banish dull sobriety for a little.”

Should Mind Littles Care Liberty Ought Habit Drink Draws Wine Drinking Depth Alcohol Release Occasions Dull Contracts Lowest Moderation Indulge Sobriety Bad Habits Intoxication Elation

Author:Seneca the Younger

“I get it now; I didn't get it then. That life is about losing and about doing it as gracefully as possible... and enjoying everything in between.”

Life Is Enjoy Losing Tough Hard Times Tough Times Tough Things Tough Life Pulling Through Tough Times

Author:Mia Farrow

“The body is not a permanent dwelling, but a sort of inn which is to be left behind when one perceives that one is a burden to the host.”

Body Left Behinds Burden Permanent Perceive Host Left Behind Dwelling Inns

Author:Seneca the Younger

“A man afraid of death will never play the part of a live man.”

Men Play Fear Afraid Of Death

Author:Seneca the Younger

“The intellect must not be kept at consistent tension, but diverted by pastimes.... The mind must have relaxation, and will rise stronger and keener after recreation.”

Mind Stronger Intellect Tension Consistent Leisure Relaxation Recreation Pastime

Author:Seneca the Younger

“People pay the doctor for his trouble; for his kindness they still remain in his debt.”

People Stills Pay Kindness Trouble Doctors Debt Medical Practice Of Medicine

Author:Seneca the Younger

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