What is this life if, full of care,

We have no time to stand and stare.
(William Henry Davies)

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O happy Garden! loved for hours of sleep,
O quiet Garden! loved for waking hours.
For soft half-slumbers that did gently steep
Our spirits, carrying with them dreams of flowers.
(William Wordsworth)

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I meant to do my work today -
But a brown bird sang in the apple tree,
And a butterfly flitted across the field,
And all the leaves were calling me.

And the wind went sighing over the land
Tossing the grasses to and fro,
And a rainbow held out its shining hand -
So what could I do but laugh and go?
(Richard Le Gallienne)

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Thanks to FreeFoto.com

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I can enjoy society in a room, but out-of-doors company is enough for me.
(William Hazlitt)

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one of the most unusual paintings ever created
The Dutch Proverbs by Pieter Brueghel the Elder
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