To live content with small means;
to seek elegance rather than luxury
and refinement rather than fashion;
to be worthy not respectable;
and wealthy not rich;
to study hard, think quietly,
talk gently, act frankly...
to bear all cheerfully...
in a word, to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious
grow up through the common.
This is to be my symphony."
William Henry Channing
to seek elegance rather than luxury
and refinement rather than fashion;
to be worthy not respectable;
and wealthy not rich;
to study hard, think quietly,
talk gently, act frankly...
to bear all cheerfully...
in a word, to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious
grow up through the common.
This is to be my symphony."
William Henry Channing
1 comment:
This is a beautiful poem... I'm so very glad you shared it. My spirit echoes with it. Wouldn't that be a lovely way to live?
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