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Literary Moment

Posted on December 11, 2011 by The Man of a Thousand Places

Little Gidding   We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time.   – T.S. Eliot

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Literary Moment

Posted on October 2, 2011 by The Man of a Thousand Places

High Flight – Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings; Sunward I’ve climbed and joined the tumbling mirth Of sun-split clouds — and done a hundred things You have not dreamed … Continue reading →

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Literary Moment

Posted on September 25, 2011 by The Man of a Thousand Places

The Winds of Fate One ship drives east and another drives west With the selfsame winds that blow. ‘Tis the set of the sails And not the gales Which tells us the way to go. Like the winds of the … Continue reading →

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Literary Moment

Posted on September 11, 2011 by The Man of a Thousand Places

New York at Sunrise – When with her clouds the early dawn illumes Our doubtful streets, wistful they grow and mild As if a sleeping soul grew happy and smiled, The whole dark city radiantly blooms. Pale spires lift their … Continue reading →

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Literary Moment

Posted on September 4, 2011 by The Man of a Thousand Places

NATURE, the gentlest mother, Impatient of no child, The feeblest or the waywardest,— Her admonition mild   In forest and the hill By traveller is heard, Restraining rampant squirrel Or too impetuous bird.   How fair her conversation, A summer … Continue reading →

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