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Poem of the day:
To Imagination
When weary with the long day's care,
And earthly change from pain to pain,
And lost, and ready to despair,
Thy kind voice calls me back again
0 my true friend, I am not lone
While thou canst speak with such a tone!
So hopeless is the world without,
The world within I doubly prize;
Thy world where guile and hate and doubt
And cold suspicion never rise;
Where thou and I and Liberty
Have undisputed sovereignty.
What matters it that all around
Danger and grief and darkness lie,
If but within our bosom's bound
We hold a bright unsullied sky,
Warm with ten thousand mingled rays
Of suns that know no winter days?
Reason indeed may oft complain
For Nature's sad reality,
And tell the suffering heart how vain
Its cherished dreams must always be;
And Truth may rudely trample down
The flowers of Fancy newly blown.
But thou art ever there to bring
The hovering visions back and breathe
New glories o'er the blighted spring
And call a lovelier life from death,
And whisper with a voice divine
Of real worlds as bright as thine.
I trust not to thy phantom bliss,
Yet still in evening's quiet hour
With never-failing thankfulness I
welcome thee, benignant power,
Sure solacer of human cares
And brighter hope when hope despairs.
-Emily Bronte
Well the funeral and viewings and everything are over. It wasn't pleasant of course. But it wasn't that bad as far as funerals go. Everyone seemed to be handling it pretty well. My aunts husband fainted probably five times yesterday, but today he was better about that. In a way I suppose it was kind of nice because I got to see a lot of my relatives I rarely see, nonetheless it was certainly sad at times.
Well I don't really have too much else to say. I got most of my homework done. I have to read 5 books by tuesday...which is impossible, but I suppose I'll try. And if I get a chance I want to download some french podcasts, if I practice some tonight maybe I'll miracously be able to speak french again for tomorrow....not that I'm not looking foward to tomorrow's company at least. well anyways, I'm done, peace and long life.
You Are a Realist
You don't see the glass as half empty or half full. You see what's exactly in the glass.
You never try to make a bad situation seem better than it is...
But you also never sabotage any good things you have going on.
You are brutally honest in your assessments of situations - and this always seems to help you cope.
Are You An Optimist or Pessimist?
To Imagination
When weary with the long day's care,
And earthly change from pain to pain,
And lost, and ready to despair,
Thy kind voice calls me back again
0 my true friend, I am not lone
While thou canst speak with such a tone!
So hopeless is the world without,
The world within I doubly prize;
Thy world where guile and hate and doubt
And cold suspicion never rise;
Where thou and I and Liberty
Have undisputed sovereignty.
What matters it that all around
Danger and grief and darkness lie,
If but within our bosom's bound
We hold a bright unsullied sky,
Warm with ten thousand mingled rays
Of suns that know no winter days?
Reason indeed may oft complain
For Nature's sad reality,
And tell the suffering heart how vain
Its cherished dreams must always be;
And Truth may rudely trample down
The flowers of Fancy newly blown.
But thou art ever there to bring
The hovering visions back and breathe
New glories o'er the blighted spring
And call a lovelier life from death,
And whisper with a voice divine
Of real worlds as bright as thine.
I trust not to thy phantom bliss,
Yet still in evening's quiet hour
With never-failing thankfulness I
welcome thee, benignant power,
Sure solacer of human cares
And brighter hope when hope despairs.
-Emily Bronte
Well the funeral and viewings and everything are over. It wasn't pleasant of course. But it wasn't that bad as far as funerals go. Everyone seemed to be handling it pretty well. My aunts husband fainted probably five times yesterday, but today he was better about that. In a way I suppose it was kind of nice because I got to see a lot of my relatives I rarely see, nonetheless it was certainly sad at times.
Well I don't really have too much else to say. I got most of my homework done. I have to read 5 books by tuesday...which is impossible, but I suppose I'll try. And if I get a chance I want to download some french podcasts, if I practice some tonight maybe I'll miracously be able to speak french again for tomorrow....not that I'm not looking foward to tomorrow's company at least. well anyways, I'm done, peace and long life.
You Are a Realist
You don't see the glass as half empty or half full. You see what's exactly in the glass.
You never try to make a bad situation seem better than it is...
But you also never sabotage any good things you have going on.
You are brutally honest in your assessments of situations - and this always seems to help you cope.
Are You An Optimist or Pessimist?