O see what a wonder it is! The doings of the great are strange: they treat wealth as light as a straw, yet, when they obtain it, they bend under its weight.
Ever wonder where the phrase "it's raining cats and dogs" comes from? In the 17th century many homeless cats and dogs would drown and float down the streets of england, making it look like it literally rained cats and dogs.
A broken heart is what makes life so wonderful five years later, when you see the guy in an elevator and he is fat and smoking a cigar and saying "long-time-no-see." if he hadn't broken your heart, you couldn't have that glorious feeling of relief!
A child's world is fresh and new and beautiful, full of wonder and excitement. It is our misfortune that for most of us that clear-eyed vision, that true instinct for what is beautiful and awe-inspiring, is dimmed and even lost before we reach adulthood.
A wonderful stream is the river time, as it runs through the realms of tears, with a faultless rhythm, and a musical rhyme, as it blends with the ocean of years.
