“O lovely chance, what can I do
To give my gratefulness to you?
You rise between myself and me
With a wise persistency;
I would have broken body and soul,
But by your grace, still I am whole.”
"Lovely Chance"
Flame and Shadow (1920)
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American writer and poet 1884–1933Related quotes
“I finally realized that being grateful to my body was key to giving more love to myself.”
Suscipe prayer of Saint Ignatius
1840s, Essays: First Series (1841), Self-Reliance
Context: I must be myself. I cannot break myself any longer for you, or you. If you can love me for what I am, we shall be the happier. If you cannot, I will still seek to deserve that you should. I will not hide my tastes or aversions. I will so trust that what is deep is holy, that I will do strongly before the sun and moon whatever inly rejoices me, and the heart appoints. If you are noble, I will love you; if you are not, I will not hurt you and myself by hypocritical attentions. If you are true, but not in the same truth with me, cleave to your companions; I will seek my own. I do this not selfishly, but humbly and truly. It is alike your interest, and mine, and all men's, however long we have dwelt in lies, to live in truth. Does this sound harsh to-day? You will soon love what is dictated by your nature as well as mine, and, if we follow the truth, it will bring us out safe at last.
Mother o' Mine http://whitewolf.newcastle.edu.au/words/authors/K/KiplingRudyard/verse/p3/motheromine.html (1891).
Other works
“You take my heart with you, my loving captor."
"Nay, Madelyne. I am your captive in body and soul.”
Source: Honor's Splendour
Let Me for his partner on young people not knowing what to come in the future if it is too faraway into the future
Song lyrics
Interview on her role in the Broadway play "Two for the Seesaw". The New York Times (1958).