Member: MissTessaWeasley

Miracles By Walt Whitman

Why! who makes much of a miracle?
As to me, I know of nothing else but miracles,
Whether I walk the streets of Manhattan,
Or dart my sight over the roofs of houses toward the sky,
Or wade with naked feet along the beach, just in the edge of the water,
Or stand under trees in the woods,
Or talk by day with any one I love--or sleep in the bed at night with
any one I love,
Or sit at table at dinner with my mother,
Or look at strangers opposite me riding in the car,
Or watch honey-bees busy around the hive, of a summer forenoon,
Or animals feeding in the fields,
Or birds--or the wonderfulness of insects in the air,
Or the wonderfulness of the sun-down--or of stars shining so quiet
and bright,
Or the exquisite, delicate, thin curve of the new moon in spring;
Or whether I go among those I like best, and that like me best--
mechanics, boatmen, farmers,
Or among the savans--or to the soiree--or to the opera,
Or stand a long while looking at the movements of machinery,
Or behold children at their sports,
Or the admirable sight of the perfect old man, or the perfect old
woman,
Or the sick in hospitals, or the dead carried to burial,
Or my own eyes and figure in the glass;
These, with the rest, one and all, are to me miracles,
The whole referring--yet each distinct, and in its place.

To me, every hour of the light and dark is a miracle,
Every cubic inch of space is a miracle,
Every square yard of the surface of the earth is spread with the same,
Every foot of the interior swarms with the same;
Every spear of grass--the frames, limbs, organs, of men and women,
and all that concerns them,
All these to me are unspeakably perfect miracles.

To me the sea is a continual miracle;
The fishes that swim--the rocks--the motion of the waves--the ships,
with men in them,
What stranger miracles are there?

- Walter Whitman ( 1819 - 1892 ) was an urban American poet, essayist, journalist, and humanist.

posted by theoldman at 12:16 pm (EST) on Feb 4, 2009

look on the Twilight actors in other movies thread on Twiligth club

posted by MrsGrinch at 8:44 pm (EST) on Feb 3, 2009

good for you

posted by MrsGrinch at 7:02 pm (EST) on Feb 3, 2009

Thanx!

posted by MrsGrinch at 10:11 pm (EST) on Mar 2, 2008

Happy birthday to me happy birthday to me!

posted by MrsGrinch at 10:10 am (EST) on Mar 2, 2008

Your cat is gorgeous!
=^. .^=

posted by clamairy at 8:49 pm (EST) on Feb 4, 2008

Hi MissTessaWeasley. Glad to be a friend!

posted by catbastet at 4:55 pm (EST) on Jan 21, 2008

hi i am blakes friend

posted by css_1995 at 12:35 pm (EST) on Jan 8, 2008

I got lucky, my grandmother spoiled me rotten, and I saw Beauty and the Beast, Wicked, Sussical the Musical, Mama Mia, and a couple others. Yeah I'm a broad way babe.
Loved Wicked though! I am truly Elphaba's twin, trust me.

posted by gpwts at 7:55 pm (EST) on Oct 30, 2007

hola welcome to Hogwarts Express, the crazy chat board that never sleeps.
I clicked on yoru screen name because it had Weasley in it, and I am obsessed with a particular Weasley. I love muscials and disney too, have you ever been to see a play in NYC?

well, anyway, welcome to Librarything and Howarts Express, were happy to have you aboard

posted by gpwts at 8:52 am (EST) on Oct 26, 2007

btw, welcome to librarything! I myself am obsessed! It's the best place on the internet.

posted by littlegeek at 6:19 pm (EST) on Oct 25, 2007

I think you'll get more of the jokes if you read Jane Eyre before The Eyre Affair. Jane Eyre really isn't that necessary to understanding the plot, tho. It doesn't come into it until near the end, really. I hadn't read Jane Eyre in over 20 years--what I did was read the synopsis on wikipedia.

You'll still enjoy The Eyre Affair either way. It's fun.

posted by littlegeek at 6:18 pm (EST) on Oct 25, 2007