As a little girl I came down to the water
With a little stone in my hand
It would shimmer and sing
And we knew everything
As a little girl I came down
(Shawn Colvin & John Leventhal, Steady On)
No man is 'real' except in so far as he creates his reality, discovers the true, central passion that may give meaning to his life.
(Robert Penn Warren)
Oh I love you the most
Always giving up the ghost
In your own private conversation
You're a sweet mystery
And there's nothing in between
You and the Mona Lisa
(Shawn Colvin & John Leventhal, A Few Small Repairs)
I would walk home every evening
Through the pyramids of light
I would feed myself on silence
Wash it down with empty nights
(Heart, Nothing At All)
Dawn is a feeling
A beautiful ceiling
The smell of grass
Just makes you pass
Into a dream
(Moody Blues, Dawn: Dawn Is a Feeling)
Deep peace of the running wave to you
Deep peace of the flowing air to you
Deep peace of the quiet earth to you
Deep peace of the shining star to you
(Moody Blues, Ray Thomas, Celtic Sonant)
Stars were falling deep in the darkness
as prayers rose softly, petals at dawn
And as I listened, your voice seemed so clear
so calmly you were calling your god
(Loreena McKennitt, The Mystic's Dream)
People shining, Dark Age declining
Now the truth can set us free
Inner visions, not superstitions
Will bring peace and harmony
The World Today
(Moody Blues, Mike Pinder, The World Today)
nothing which we are to perceive in this world equals the power of your intense fragility
(e.e. cummings)
And the lady's feeling
Like the moon that she loved
Don't you know that the stars are
A part of us
(Stevie Nicks, Bella Donna)
The secret of your beauty
And the mystery of your soul
I've been searching for in everyone I meet
(Moody Blues, I Know You're Out There Somewhere)
There are worlds out there where the sky is burning, the seas sleep, and the rivers dream; people made of smoke, and cities made of song. Somewhere there's danger; somewhere there's injustice, and somewhere else the tea is getting cold! Come on Ace, we've got work to do!
(Doctor Who #7, Survival)
My darling lives in a world that is not mine
An old child misunderstood out of time
Timeless is the creature who is wise
And timeless is the prisoner in disguise
(Stevie Nicks, Beauty and the Beast)
I sowed the seeds of love
I sowed them in the spring
I gathered them up in the morning so clear
When the small birds so sweetly sing
(Loreena McKennitt, Seeds of Love)
Diamond Girl roamin' wild
Such a rare thing radiant child
(Seals and Crofts, Diamond Girl)
May your heart always be joyful,
May your song always be sung,
May you stay forever young.
(Bob Dylan)
A painting hangs on an ivy wall
Nestled in the emerald moss
The eyes declare a truce of trust
And then it draws me far away
(Loreena McKennittt, The Mystic's Dream)
The black earth is becoming a verdant garden; the deserts and mountains are teeming with red flowers; from the borders of the wilderness the tall grasses are standing like advance guards before the cypress and jessamine trees; while the birds are singing among the rose branches like the angels in the highest heavens, announcing the glad-tidings of the approach of that spiritual spring, and the sweet music of their voices is causing the real essence of all things to move and quiver.
('Abdu'l-Bahá)
it's you are whatever a moon has always meant
and whatever a sun will always sing is you
(e. e. cummings, 95 Poems, 1958)
If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder, he needs the companionship of at least one adult who can share it, rediscovering with him the joy, excitement and mystery of the world we live in.
(Rachel Carson)
I met a lady in the meads,
Full beautiful- a faery's child,
Her hair was long, her foot was light,
And her eyes were wild.
(John Keats, La Belle Dame Sans Merci, 1819)
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