<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=116600" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Shadow</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The shadow of your threshold is so full<br>Of meaning, that the stranger knows what home<br>Is yours, if peace dwell here, or strife, or restless<br>Unsatisfied ambition. As the tree's<br>Deep shadow meaneth rest and comfort, or<br>Is poison, sleep eternal, such the house<br>That is a home's sweet shadow or a dark<br>Abode of sin, of lurking lie and danger.<br>The shadow of your life, that is so small<br>In bright midday and summer's burning sun,<br>Begins to lengthen when your evening comes,<br>And shows the beauty of the tree in outline,<br>Its graceful forms, its harmony and power;<br>And never did its beauty strike before,<br>As now, when lost in thought, you contemplate<br>The shadow on the lawn. The golden rays<br>That flood it, make it higher, nobler, and<br>Its shadow ever greater, till the night<br>Calls forth the moon, to make it deep and weird<br>As if unspoken pain had darkened it,<br>As if the silvery paleness of the moon<br>Sharpened its features into hardness almost.<br>Behold the shadow of thy life! Look well if<br>It be a threshold that reveals the strong<br>Unbending will, the height of all your aims,<br>Your passions' darkness, and the harmony<br>Of all the branches that were put into<br>Your care! Look at the shadow when your day<br>Is done, and winter's moon will draw its line<br>In naked truth, without the flattering leaves<br>Upon your windingsheet's unruffled snow.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Carmen+Sylva">Carmen Sylva</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=116600" data-title="The Shadow de Carmen Sylva" data-description="The shadow of your threshold is so full/Of meaning, that the stranger knows what home/Is yours, if peace dwell here, or strife, or restless/Unsatisfied ambition. As the tree's/Deep shadow meaneth rest and comfort, or/Is poison, sleep eternal, such..."></div> </div> </div>

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