Beauty

Beauty means this to one and that to the other.

 

And yet when anyone of us has seen that

 

which to him is beautiful he has known an emotion

 

which is in every case the same in kind.

 

A ship in sail

 

a blooming flower,

 

a town at night,

 

a lovely poem,

 

leaf shadows,

 

a child's grace,

 

the starry skies,

 

apple trees in spring,

 

the thought of beauty,

 

these are the drops of rain

 

that keep the human spirit from death by draught.

 

They are a stealing and a silent refreshment

 

that we perhaps do not think about

 

but which goes on all the time.

 

Beauty is the smile on the earth's face,

 

open to all,

 

and needs but the eyes to see,

 

mood to understand.

相关单词：starry

starry解释：adj.星光照耀的, 闪亮的

starry例句：

He looked at the starry heavens.他瞧着布满星星的天空。

I like the starry winter sky.我喜欢这满天星斗的冬夜。

相关单词：draught

draught解释：n.拉，牵引，拖；一网（饮，吸，阵)；顿服药量，通风；v.起草，设计

draught例句：

He emptied his glass at one draught.他将杯中物一饮而尽。

It's a pity the room has no north window and you don't get a draught.可惜这房间没北窗，没有过堂风。

相关单词：refreshment

refreshment解释：n.恢复，精神爽快，提神之事物；（复数）refreshments:点心，茶点

refreshment例句：

He needs to stop fairly often for refreshment.他须时不时地停下来喘口气。

A hot bath is a great refreshment after a day's work.在一天工作之后洗个热水澡真是舒畅。

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