The Thought of Beauty.....

 “Round and round they went with their snakes, snakily...” ― Aldous Huxley, Brave New World

 BEAUTY by Johns Galsworthy ( 1867-1933) (excerpts)
Beauty is an emotion  precious and uplifting.

 A choirboy's voice, a ship in sail,

 an opening flower, a town at night,

 the song of the blackbird, a lovely poem, 

 leaf shadows, a child's grace, 

 the Starry Skies, a cathedral

 apple tree in spring, a horse,

 sheep bells on a hill, a rippling stream

 a butterfly, the crescent moon......the thousand sights or words that evoke in us the thought of beauty.

 These are the drops of rain that keep the human spirit from death by drought.

 They are a stealing and a silent refreshment .

 The war brought a kind of revolt against beauty in art, literature, and music. 

 It will pass.

 How little savour there would be left in life if Beauty would be withdrawn.

 It is the smile on the earth's face...

 Open to all, and needs but the eyes to see, the mood to understand!

 BEAUTY by John Galsworthy from "1000 Beautiful Things, 1948" 
 John Galsworthy won the Nobel Prize in 1932, the year before he died.