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Book: A Tear and A Smile

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  • The God separated a spirit from Himself and fashioned it into Beauty. He showered upon her all the blessings of gracefulness and kindness. He gave her the cup o
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  • A prince stood on the balcony of his palace addressing a great multitude summoned for the occasion and said, "Let me offer you and this whole fortunate country
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  • My wearied heart bade me farewell and left for the House of Fortune. As he reached that holy city which the soul had blessed and worshipped, he commenced wonder
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  • One hour devoted to the pursuit of Beauty
    And Love is worth a full century of glory
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  • The dark wings of night enfolded the city upon which Nature had spread a pure white garment of snow; and men deserted the streets for their houses in search of
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  • Where are you, my beloved? Are you in that little
    Paradise, watering the flowers who look upon you
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  • A young man of strong body, weakened by hunger, sat on the walker's portion of the street stretching his hand toward all who passed, begging and repeating his h
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  • I am a kind word uttered and repeated
    By the voice of Nature;
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  • Man and I are sweethearts
    He craves me and I long for him,
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  • The strong shore is my beloved
    And I am his sweetheart.
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  • I am dotted silver threads dropped from heaven
    By the gods. Nature then takes me, to adorn
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  • Night fell over North Lebanon and snow was covering the villages surrounded by the Kadeesha Valley, giving the fields and prairies the appearance of a great s
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  • He is a link between this and the coming world.
    He is
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  • I was here from the moment of the
    beginning, and here I am still. And
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  • As the Sun withdrew his rays from the garden, and the moon threw cushioned beams upon the flowers, I sat under the trees pondering upon the phenomena of the atm
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  • Come, my beloved; let us walk amidst the knolls,
    For the snow is water, and Life is alive
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  • There in the middle of the field, by the side of a crystalline stream, I saw a bird-cage whose rods and hinges were fashioned by an expert's hands. In one corne
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  • The tempest calmed after bending the branches of the trees and leaning heavily upon the grain in the field. The stars appeared as broken
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  • In the silence of the night Death descended from God toward the earth. He hovered above a city and pierced the dwellings with his eyes. He say the spirits float
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  • Yesterday I drew myself from the noisome throngs and proceeded into the field until I reached a knoll upon which Nature had spread her comely garments. Now I
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  • The gold-hoarder walked in his palace park and with him walked his troubles. And over his head hovered worries as a vulture hovers over a carcass, until he reac
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  • In the depth of my soul there is
    A wordless song - a song that lives
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  • Leave me, my blamer,
    For the sake of the love
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  • I am the lover's eyes, and the spirit's
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  • *Part One - The Calling*
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  • One heavy day I ran away from the grim face of society and the dizzying clamor of the city and directed my weary step to the spacious alley. I pursued the becko
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  • My soul gives life to the grapevine and I press its bunches and give the juice to the thirsty.
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  • Part One
    As night fell and the light glittered in the great house, the servants stood at the massive door awaiting the coming of the
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