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Ohhh!
Nice!
posted by
Whacky
on September 18, 2009 at 5:54 PM
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Reminds me of Wordsworth's Immortality Ode!
posted by
Nita09
on September 18, 2009 at 1:42 AM
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I could feel the sun piercing me through the pines and my heart dropped and rose at the same time. Wonderful quote!
posted by
Ryan_Morrow
on September 16, 2009 at 9:11 PM
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Beautiful poem
Thanks for sharing.
posted by
Chuck_E_Ibrahim
on September 16, 2009 at 6:54 PM
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Excellent quote! Very poignant! sam
posted by
sam444
on September 16, 2009 at 6:07 PM
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A child's lost innocence.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on September 16, 2009 at 11:47 AM
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Wonderful Words!
Like music to the soul ....
posted by
merkie
on September 16, 2009 at 9:19 AM
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Knowledge comes in time love. BC-A, Bill’s Roost
posted by
BC-A
on September 16, 2009 at 6:10 AM
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Yellowrose - The secrets of serenity unveiled..a beautiful poem.
posted by
shobana
on September 15, 2009 at 9:44 PM
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Sorry yellowrose, I made a mistake. It takes ages to once again remove the 'I' to address onself in the third person. Sages do that with years of penance and prsctise; they exist in their non-false no-existence. Am I making it too difficult? Couldn't help, you know.
posted by
anib
on September 15, 2009 at 9:44 PM
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yellowrose
Everything about a child's expression is filled with awe and wonder, everything is new for him, everything excites him; the mirror has not yet gathered the dust of the ego. Soon, the innocence is lost and along with it, beauty is also lost. The child, as long as he reatins this wondrous beauty, you must have observed, does not address himself in 'I', he addresses himself in third person. Then it takes ages to once again become the first person, the original. Thanx for sharing this lovely message one must never forget.
posted by
anib
on September 15, 2009 at 9:38 PM
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