Angelic Conversation

Famous quotes containing the words angelic and/or conversation:

    That loving wretch that swears
    ‘Tis not the bodies marry, but the minds,
    Which he in her angelic finds,
    Would swear as justly that he hears,
    In that day’s rude hoarse minstrelsy, the spheres.
    Hope not for mind in women; at their best
    Sweetness and wit, they’re but Mummy, possessed.
    John Donne (1572–1631)

    I think of no news to tell you. It is a serene summer day here, all above the snow. The hens steal their nests, and I steal their eggs still, as formerly. This is what I do with the hands. Ah, labor,—it is a divine institution, and conversation with many men and hens.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)