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  • In our souls…

    By Antonio Machado

    In our souls everything
    moves guided by a mysterious hand.
    We know nothing of our own souls
    that are ununderstandable and say nothing.

    The deepest words
    of the wise man teach us
    the same as the whistle of the wind when it blows
    or the sound of the water when it is flowing.

    Quoted in The Enlightened Heart, edited by Stephen Mitchell

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  • Shake hands, we shall never be friends

    From: More Poems XXX

    By A. E. Housman

    Shake hands, we shall never be friends, all’s over;
    I only vex you the more I try.
    All’s wrong that ever I’ve done or said,
    And nought to help it in this dull head:
    Shake hands, here’s luck, good-bye.

    But if you come to a road where danger
    Or guilt or anguish or shame’s to share,
    Be good to the lad that loves you true
    And the soul that was born to die for you,
    And whistle and I’ll be there.

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