will go on to finance Gibran’s artistic development and encourage him to become the artist that he aspired to be. As a school head mistress, Haskell was an educated, strong-willed and independent woman and an active champion of women’s liberation, who was set apart to Josephine Peabody’s...
And that that which sings and contemplates in you is still dwelling within the bounds of that first moment which scattered the stars into space. Who among you does not feel that his power to love is boundless? And yet who does not feel that very love, though boundless, encompassed within ...
The Playground of Life XIXby Khalil Gibran One hour devoted to the pursuit of Beauty And Love is worth a full century of glory Given by the frightened weak to the strong. From that hour comes man's Truth; and During that century Truth sleeps between The restless arms of disturbing dreams....
The Life of Love XVIby Khalil Gibran Spring Come, my beloved; let us walk amidst the knolls, For the snow is water, and Life is alive from its Slumber and is roaming the hills and valleys. Let us follow the footprints of Spring into the Distant fields, and mount the hilltops to draw...
The Criminal V by Khalil Gibran - A young man of strong body, weakened by hunger, sat on the walker's portion of the street stretching his hand toward all
Khalil Gibran Poems The tempest calmed after bending the branches of the trees and leaning heavily upon the grain in the field. The stars appeared as broken remnants of lightning, but now silence prevailed over all, as if Nature's war had never been fought....
Song of Fortune VI by Khalil Gibran - Man and I are sweethearts He craves me and I long for him, But alas! Between us has appeared A rival who brings us
Khalil Gibran Poems 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 corner lay a dead bird, and in another were two basins -- one empty of water and the other of seeds. ...
A Poet's Death is His Life IV by Khalil Gibran - The dark wings of night enfolded the city upon which Nature had spread a pure white garment of snow; and men deserted th
Before the Throne of Beauty XXVI by Khalil Gibran - 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