new places and old‚ in the grandest of mountains‚ and the tiniest of flowers. The world wants us to experience it‚ that’s why it exists. It is begging us‚ and more often than not we choose to ignore it. So look around‚ take in the little things. Remember the things you’ve grown to ignore‚ or even despise the monotony of. The world is brimming with marvels to be found. Awe is emanating from every blade of grass‚ and from every imposing skyscraper. Awe is all around us‚ and the world is begging for
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will change. Little things will remain and stay. I wonder what are the things that needed to stay and what are the things that has to be left behind or omit. Omitting something may be good or bad‚ just as the same as remembering. Why do I need to remember and why do I have to forget? Is it really forgetting or might I say forgiving? What are the purpose of all these? What is the purpose of life? II. A Series of Realizations (Short content) The Ignatian principles and values that were in the First
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William B Yeats (1865-1939) From The Wind Among the Reeds (1899) Men improve with the Years I am worn out with dreams; A weather-worn‚ marble triton Among the streams; And all day long I look Upon this lady’s beauty As though I had found in book A pictured beauty‚ Pleased to have filled the eyes Or the discerning ears‚ Delighted to be but wise‚ For men improve with the years; And yet and yet Is this my dream‚ or the truth? O would that we had met When I had my burning youth; But
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lu zhai 13-10-12 2:12 PM Thumbprint 批注 [1]: Alliteration (start with the same By Eve Merriam letter of “w”) In the heel of my thumb lu zhai 13-10-12 1:33 PM 批注 [2]: Symbolism: design probably refers are whorls‚ whirls‚ wheels to in a unique design: lu zhai 13-10-12 1:59 PM mine alone. 批注 [3]: Consonance: end with the same What a treasure to own! sound of “n”
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The great German Lieder use the versatility of a piano and beauty of a poem to set an intimate mood for its audience. Scenes the poem paint are the crux of the lied. Supernatural elements injected into the verses bring the power of the unknown; that is what makes Schubert’s "Erlkönig" stirring. The German poem by Goethe opens with a father clutching his feverish child‚ riding through a windy night. But the child sees a forest spirit‚ the Erlking‚ beckoning him to death. His father tries to placate
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Sands of Time back into the hourglass‚ reversing the events of the game. The Prince awakens prior to the invasion of the Maharajah’s kingdom‚ and makes his way to Farah’s bedroom. He tells her a story about the events of the game‚ as she does not remember‚ but the Vizier shows up‚ and fights the Prince. The Prince emerges victorious and gives the Dagger of Time back to Farah. As he leaves‚ Farah asks what his name is. He
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t has been observed‚ that a dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant will see farther than the giant himself; and the moderns‚ standing as they do on the vantage ground of former discoveries‚ and uniting all the fruits of the experience of their forefathers with their own actual observation‚ may be admitted to enjoy a more enlarged and comprehensive view of things than the ancients themselves; for that alone is true antiquity * which embraces the antiquity of the world‚ and not that which would
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Edgar Allen Poe: The Poem of “Annabel Lee” In Edgar Allan Poe’s short story “Annabel Lee” a young man falls in love with a very young lady. The man Edgar writes his poem on his lovely wife Virginia Clemm‚ whom he married when she was only 13 years old. Their marriage was a very happy one. Unfortunately‚ she died of tuberculosis in Jan 1847 when she was still in her twenties. Poe died two years and nine months later on October 7‚ 1849. “Annabel Lee” was his last poem. Edgar Allan Poe started
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Both Takashi’s poem‚ ‘The Blade of Grass in a Dreamless Field’‚ and SadokoKuriha’s poem‚ ‘When We Say Hiroshima’ were written during a terrible time in the human race’s history‚ the bombing of Hiroshima. The Blade of Grass in a Dreamless Field is a poem written in English where as When We Say Hiroshima is a poem written in Japanese and then was translated to English. The blade of grass in a dreamless field is a very personal poem in which Takashi reflects upon his experiences of the Hiroshima bombing
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were indeed equals. Gwendolyn Brook’s poem gives you an impression on what is going on in that specific era‚ due to the fact that‚ she read multiple newspapers‚ magazines‚ and books which inspired her to write this poem and reach out to individuals about the court case which would make a difference for the future generation. In addition‚ the narrator speaks and demonstrates that the people of the town were so peaceful and very church-based but as the poem is closing the town isn’t so copacetic
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