The sacred flame of pure devotion
glowed in my heart,
and elevated my soul to sublimity.
The world and all its recollections
faded from my mind,
and left it to the influence of a serene
and holy enthusiasm
which no words can describe.”
{A Sicilian Romance}
" Ye dear companions
of my silent hours,
whose pages oft before my eyes
would strew so many
sweet & variegated flowers."
{Book Lover's Anthology}
" Not only delightful to my heart,
but purifying, exalting,
ennobling to my soul."
{Anne Bronte}
how the classics feed my soul...
lifting my life to higher realms
of being, thinking,
and seeing the world