Steam was till the other day the devil which we dreaded. Every pot made by any human potter or brazier had a hole in its cover, to... let off the enemy, lest he should lift pot and roof and carry the house away.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The normal family triangle, then, provides the daughter with a stage upon which to rehearse her separate identity. When the parent...s' marriage is relatively free of conflict, the daughter can go from one parent to the other for an emotional safety valve, to let off steam. Having equal, unambivalent access to both parents--and spared their competition for her loyalty--she can then concentrate not so much on dual allegiance as on simply growing up.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The soul shrinks ... From all that it is about to remember, From the punctual rape of every blessed day, And cries, "Oh, let there be nothing on earth but laundry, Nothing but rosy hands in the rising steam And clear dances done in the sight of heaven."LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I will not let thee go. I hold thee by too many bands:... Thou sayest farewell, and lo! I have thee by the hands, And will not let thee go.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
O Master, let me walk with thee In lowly paths of service free;... Tell me thy secret; help me bear The strain of toil, the fret of care;LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Let me enjoy the earth no less Because the all-enacting Might... That fashioned forth its loveliness Had other aims than my delight.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
My own heart let me more have pity on; let Me live to my sad self hereafter kind,... Charitable; not live this tormented mind With this tormented mind tormenting yet.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »