“Beyond the terrace, a light breeze stirred the reeds at the edge of the pond. Looking out at this intimate vista, one could see the reeds and a stone lantern and the brightest of the evening's stars floating on the gloaming mirror of the pond. Then the breeze came again to crack the water's surface, and the picture was flooded.” LightStarsWaterStonesMirrorsEdgesSurfaceEveningIntimateCracksFloatingBreezePondsReedsVistasLanternsTerraceGloaming Book:The Commoner Source: The Commoner
“That to this mountain-daisy's self were known The beauty of its star-shaped shadow, thrown On the smooth surface of this naked stone!” SelfStarsKnownMountainShadowStonesSurfaceNakedThrownSmoothDaisies Author:William Wordsworth
“Involved in my own entrails and a crust Turning a pitted surface towards a space, I am a world that watches through a sky And is persuaded by mirrors To regard its being as an external shell, One of a universe of stars and faces.” WorldFacesUniverseStarsMy OwnSpaceWatchesSkyInvolvedMirrorsRegardSurfaceShells Book:New Collected Poems of Stephen Spender Source: New Collected Poems of Stephen Spender
“A single ray of light from a distant star falling upon the eye of a tyrant in bygone times may have altered the course of his life, may have changed the destiny of nations, may have transformed the surface of the globe, so intricate, so inconceivably complex are the processes in Nature.” MayLightEyeFallCoursesNationsStarsProcessDestinyChangedComplexesSurfaceRaysTyrantsTransformedGlobesAlteredIntricateRays Of Light Book:On Light and Other High Frequency Source: On Light and Other High Frequency