http://arthurjosephson.com/2008/12/01/reflections-on-a-mountain-lake/ Arthur Josephson's personal blog Thu, 23 Dec 2010 02:14:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 http://arthurjosephson.com/2008/12/01/reflections-on-a-mountain-lake/comment-page-1/#comment-340 Brodie Fri, 05 Dec 2008 03:34:00 +0000 http://arthurjosephson.com/2008/12/01/reflections-on-a-mountain-lake/#comment-340 "These beauteous forms,<br/>Through a long absence, have not been to me<br/>As is a landscape to a blind man's eye:<br/>But oft, in lonely rooms, and 'mid the din<br/>Of towns and cities, I have owed to them<br/>In hours of weariness, sensations sweet,<br/>Felt in the blood, and felt along the heart;<br/>And passing even into my purer mind,<br/>With tranquil restoration:--feelings too <br/>Of unremembered pleasure: such, perhaps,<br/>As have no slight or trivial influence<br/>On that best portion of a good man's life." “These beauteous forms,
Through a long absence, have not been to me
As is a landscape to a blind man’s eye:
But oft, in lonely rooms, and ‘mid the din
Of towns and cities, I have owed to them
In hours of weariness, sensations sweet,
Felt in the blood, and felt along the heart;
And passing even into my purer mind,
With tranquil restoration:–feelings too
Of unremembered pleasure: such, perhaps,
As have no slight or trivial influence
On that best portion of a good man’s life.”

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