The great fact in life, the always possible escape from dullness, was the lake. The sun rose out of it, the day began there; it wa...s like an open door that nobody could shut. The land and all its dreariness could never close in on you. You had only to look at the lake, and you knew you would soon be free.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I had kept opaque Down deeper than the canyons undersea... The sullen spectrum of a buried lake Nobody saw; not seen even by me....LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
These beginnings of commerce on a lake in the wilderness are very interesting,--these larger white birds that come to keep company... with the gulls.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
'Oh the withy, the withy, the bitter withy That has caused me to smart,... The withy shall be the very first tree Fort to perish all at the heart.'LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore; While I stand on the roadway, or on the pavements gray,... I hear it in the deep heart's core.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Why is light given to one in misery, and life to the bitter in soul, who long for death, but it does not come, and dig for it more... than for hidden treasures; who rejoice exceedingly, and are glad when they find the grave?LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
For the lips of a loose woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil; but in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as ...a two-edged sword.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
They shall eat the lamb that same night; they shall eat it roasted over the fire with unleavened bread and bitter herbs. Do not ea...t any of it raw or boiled in water, but roasted over the fire, with its head, legs, and inner organs.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »