I was promised on a time - to have reason for my rhyme; From that time unto this season, I received nor rhyme nor reason.
Interpretation
The quote reflects a sense of disappointment about the lack of order or reason in life.
In this quote, Edmund Spenser expresses a deep frustration with the unpredictability and chaos of existence. Despite having been promised clarity and purpose—symbolized by 'reason for my rhyme'—the speaker feels robbed of both rhyme and reason, suggesting that life can often feel nonsensical and without explanation, leaving an individual in a state of bewilderment and disillusionment.
In practice
This quote can be used in a discussion about the unpredictability of life during a philosophical gathering.
But O the exceeding grace_x000D_ Of highest God, that loves his creatures so,_x000D_ And all his works with mercy doth embrace,_x000D_ That blessed angels, he sends to and fro,_x000D_ To serve to wicked man, to serve his wicked foe.
The noblest mind the best contentment has
What though the sea with waves continuall Doe eate the earth, it is no more at all ; Ne is the earth the lesse, or loseth ought : For whatsoever from one place doth fall Is with the tyde unto another brought : For there is nothing lost, that may be found if sought.
No daintie flowre or herbe that growes on grownd, No arborett with painted blossoms drest And smelling sweete, but there it might be fownd To bud out faire, and throwe her sweete smels al arownd.
I hate the day, because it lendeth light_x000D_ _x000D_ To see all things, but not my love to see.
For of the soule the bodie forme doth take; _x000D_ For the soule is forme, and doth the bodie make.
I've given my life to the principle and the ideal of memory, and remembrance.
Childhood lasts all through life. It returns to animate broad sections of adult life... Poets will help us to find this living childhood within us, this permanent, durable immobile world.
Man is above all else mind, consciousness -- that is, he is a product of history, not of nature.
Disgust with injustice may sharpen the desire for justice. Readers who don’t see this connection merely wish to be entertained, and I have neither skill nor desire to turn the agony of a people into entertainment.
In a country where misery and want were the foundation of the social structure, famine was periodic, death from starvation common, disease pervasive, thievery normal, and graft and corruption taken for granted, the elimination of these conditions in Communist China is so striking that negative aspects of the new rule fade in relative importance.
We want to be in control of our lives. Whether we are jungle fighters, craftsmen, company men, gamesmen, we want to be in control. And when the government erodes that control, we are not comfortable.
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