In song and dance man expresses himself as a member of a higher community: he has forgotten how to walk and speak and is on the wa...y toward flying up into the air, dancing.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The things a man has to have are hope and confidence in himself against odds, and sometimes he needs somebody, his pal or his moth...er or his wife or God, to give him that confidence. He's got to have some inner standards worth fighting for or there won't be any way to bring him into conflict. And he must be ready to choose death before dishonor without making too much song and dance about it. That's all there is to it.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
When my old wife lived, upon This day she was both pantler, butler, cook,... Both dame and servant, welcomed all, served all, Would sing her song and dance her turn, now here At upper end o'the table, now i'the middle, On his shoulder, and his, her face afire With labor, and the thing she took to quench it She would to each one sip.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
When I converse with a profound mind, or if at any time being alone I have good thoughts, I do not at once arrive at satisfactions..., as when, being thirsty, I drink water, or go to the fire, being cold: no! but I am first apprised of my vicinity to a new and excellent region of life. By persisting to read or to think, this region gives further sign of itself, as it were in flashes of light, in sudden discoveries of its profound beauty and repose, as if the clouds that covered it parted at intervals, and showed the approaching traveller the inland mountains, with the tranquil eternal meadows spread at their base, whereon flocks graze, and shepherds pipe and dance.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
If I could put my woods in song, And tell what's there enjoyed,... All men would to my gardens throng, And leave the cities void.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Hail, bounteous May, that does inspire Mirth and youth and warm desire!... Woods and groves are of thy dressing, Hill and dale doth boast thy blessing. Thus we salute thee with our early song, And welcome thee, and wish thee long.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »