SONGS OF BEAUTY
I am love's guide. I am the wine of the soul, the food of the heart. I am the flower that opened its heart when the day was young. A girl took me, kissed me, and placed me on her breast.
I am the house of felicity, the source of joy. I am the beginning of repose, the gentle smile on a maiden's lips. A youth sees me and forgets his companions. His life becomes a stage for dreams of pleasure.
I am the inspiration of poets, the guide of artists, the musician's teacher.
I am the gaze of the infant's eye. The loving mother sees it and bows in prayer and praise of God.
I appeared to Adam in the body of Eve and made him a slave. I appeared to Soloman in the figure of his beloved, and I made him sage and poet.
I smiled to Helen, and Troy was destroyed. I crowned Cleopatra, and love filled the valley of the Nile.
I, like time, build the day and raze its eve. I am God, bestowing life and death.
I am softer than the sigh of a violet's blossom, harsher than the storm. I am reality, O men.
I am reality, and I am goodness that you do not know.
~ Kahlil Gibran
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