“I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree, And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made; Nine bean rows will I have there, a hive for the honey bee, And live alone in the bee-loud glade. And I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow, Dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket sings; There midnight's all a glimmer, and noon a purple glow, And evening full of the linnet's wings.” MadePeaceMorningWingsNineAriseEveningLoudHoneyBeesMidnightCricketVeilsClayPurpleDroppingBeansNoonCabinsHivesHoney Bee Author:William Butler Yeats
“Conviction brings a silent, indefinable beauty into faces made of the commonest human clay; the devout worshiper at any shrine reflects something of its golden glow, even as the glory of a noble love shines like a sort of light from a woman's face.” HumansMadeLightFacesGloryShiningSilentConvictionNobleGoldenClayShrinesIndefinable Author:Honore de Balzac
“Was it for this the clay grew tall? O what made fatuous sunbeams toil To break earth's sleep at all?” MadeEarthSleepBreakGrewTallToilClayFutilitySunbeams Author:Wilfred Owen
“O God, the creature knows not to what end Thou hast made Him; teach him, and write in the depths of his soul that the clay must suffer itself to be shaped at the will of the potter.” KnowsWritingMadeSoulEndsSufferingTeachCreaturesDepthClayPotters Book:Spiritual Progress Source: Spiritual Progress