A Gathering of Moments
“There’s a certain Slant of light …”
Emily Dickinson
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The sun shall be no more
your light by day;
neither for brightness shall
the moon give light to you:
but the LORD
shall be to you
an everlasting light,
and your God
your glory.
Isaiah 60:19
The simplicity of winter has a deep moral.
The return of Nature, after such a career of
splendor and prodigality,
to habits so simple and austere,
is not lost either upon the head or the heart.
It is the philosopher
coming back from
the banquet and the wine
to a cup of water and
a crust of bread.
John Burroughs
“The Snow-Walkers,”
1866
Mostly they collect dust, but in the winter the light spills over.
“Now, God be praised, that to believing souls gives light in darkness, comfort in despair.”
William Shakespeare
