Wow! Goodies. A poetry book, Spoon River Anthology by Edgar Lee Masters, obviously an American classic. Could it be the American equivalent of Under Milk Wood? There is Knit picks lace weight alpaca silk in a stunning colourway, and it has such a fab name too - Happy dance - in't that cute? A handmade bookmark and stich markers (which I would not have known how to use if it were not for Nicole's timely advice)
Just beautiful, thankyou so much Nicole.
Just beautiful, thankyou so much Nicole.
Listen to this
Jonathan Swift Somers
After you have enriched your soul
To the highest point,
With books, thought, suffering, the understanding
of many personalities,
The power to interpret glances, silences,
The pauses in momentous transformations,
The genius of divination and prophecy;
So that youfeel able at times to hold the world
In the hollow of your hand;
Then, if, by the crowding of so many powers
Into the compass of your soul,
Your soul takes fire
And in the conflagration of your soul
The evil of the world is lighted up and made clear -
Be thankful if in that hour of supreme vision
Life does not fiddle
After you have enriched your soul
To the highest point,
With books, thought, suffering, the understanding
of many personalities,
The power to interpret glances, silences,
The pauses in momentous transformations,
The genius of divination and prophecy;
So that youfeel able at times to hold the world
In the hollow of your hand;
Then, if, by the crowding of so many powers
Into the compass of your soul,
Your soul takes fire
And in the conflagration of your soul
The evil of the world is lighted up and made clear -
Be thankful if in that hour of supreme vision
Life does not fiddle
I think this book will be a pleasure, I'll go through it slowly, like a box of chocolates.
1 comment:
You're quite welcome. I'm glad it arrived safely! May you knit and read in peace and good health. :)
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