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A poem that I really enjoyed reading and that has 2 versions [yumeh1]

A Divine Image (from songs of innocence)


To Mercy Pity Peace and Love,
All pray in their distress:
And to these virtues of delight
Return their thankfulness.

For Mercy Pity Peace and Love,
Is God our father dear:
And Mercy Pity Peace and Love,
Is Man his child and care.

For Mercy has a human heart
Pity, a human face:
And Love, the human form divine,
And Peace, the human dress.

Then every man of every clime,
That prays in his distress,
Prays to the human form divine
Love Mercy Pity Peace.

And all must love the human form,
In heathen, turk or jew.
Where Mercy, Love & Pity dwell,
There God is dwelling too.



The second version
A divine Image (the songs of experience)

Cruelty has a human heart,
And Jealousy a human face;
Terror the human form divine,
And Secrecy the human dress.

The human dress is forged iron,
The human form a fiery forge,
The human face a furnace sealed,
The human heart its hungry gorge.

Here's this poem's tribute in an instrumental version

[YOUTUBE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1atiRR7iQ4[/YOUTUBE]

:yumeh1:My soul and I went down to the great sea to bathe. And when we reached the shore, we went about looking for a hidden and lonely place.
But as we walked, we saw a man sitting on a grey rock taking pinches of salt from a bag and throwing them into the sea.
"This is the pessimist," said my soul, "Let us leave this place. We cannot bathe here."
We walked on until we reached an inlet. There we saw, standing on a white rock, a man holding a bejewelled box, from which he took sugar and threw it into the sea.
"And this is the optimist," said my soul, "And he too must not see our naked bodies."
Further on we walked. And on a beach we saw a man picking up dead fish and tenderly putting them back into the water.
"And we cannot bathe before him," said my soul. "He is the humane philanthropist."
And we passed on.
Then we came where we saw a man tracing his shadow on the sand. Great waves came and erased it. But he went on tracing it again and again.
"He is the mystic," said my soul, "Let us leave him."
And we walked on, till in a quiet cove we saw a man scooping up the foam and putting it into an alabaster bowl.
"He is the idealist," said my soul, "Surely he must not see our nudity."
And on we walked. Suddenly we heard a voice crying, "This is the sea. This is the deep sea. This is the vast and mighty sea." And when we reached the voice it was a man whose back was turned to the sea, and at his ear he held a shell, listening to its murmur.
And my soul said, "Let us pass on. He is the realist, who turns his back on the whole he cannot grasp, and busies himself with a fragment."
So we passed on. And in a weedy place among the rocks was a man with his head buried in the sand. And I said to my soul, "We can bathe here, for he cannot see us."
"Nay," said my soul, "For he is the most deadly of them all. He is the puritan."
Then a great sadness came over the face of my soul, and into her voice.
"Let us go hence," she said, "For there is no lonely, hidden place where we can bathe. I would not have this wind lift my golden hair, or bare my white bosom in this air, or let the light disclose my sacred nakedness."
Then we left that sea to seek the Greater Sea.:vicky:
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Apple Cake
4 or 5 baking or cooking apples such as Granny Smith
2 cups plus 5 Tbsp granulated sugar
2 tsp ground cinnamon
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/4 tsp salt (optional)
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1 cup egg substitute
1 cup applesauce
2 tsp vanilla extract
1/3 cup orange juice
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
2 Tbsp solid-type or pourable fat-free margarine
1 to 2 Tbsp water
Preheat the oven to 350. Spray a Bundt pan with vegetable oil spray. Dust with flour, completely covering surfaces. Tap out excess flour; set aside. Peel, core and thinly slice the apples into a bowl. Combine 5 Tbsp sugar with the cinnamon; sprinkle over the apples and toss to cover them evenly; set aside. In a large mixing bowl, combine the flour, remaining 2 cups sugar, salt, soda and baking powder. Whisk to blend evenly. Add the egg substitute, applesauce, vanilla and orange juice. With an electric mixer, blend on low speed for 1 minute; increase speed and blend an additional 3 minutes. Fill the prepared pan with alternating layers of batter, then apples, then batter, then apples, ending with batter. Bake for one hour and 30 minutes or until a tester comes out clean. Remove to a wire rack for 10 minutes, then invert to remove from the pan and continue to cool. Meanwhile prepare the glaze by mixing the ingredients until smooth. Drizzle on the cooled cake. Less than 1 gram of fat per serving.


Chinese Pepper Steak
1 pound flank steak -- diagonally sliced
Marinade:
1/4 cup soy sauce
2 tablespoons dry sherry
1 teaspoon sugar
2 teaspoons cornstarch
1/4 cup water
2 tablespoons oil
4 cloves garlic -- chopped
2 teaspoons ginger root -- peeled, grated
2 scallions -- chopped
2 tablespoons oil
1 large onion
2 green peppers -- sliced

Marinate steak for 15 minutes or more. Add oil to hot wok.
Swirl and stir fry garlic, ginger and scallions for 30 seconds. WSith slotted spoon, reserving the marinade, add half the steak and stir fry for 3 minutes. Remove and set aside. Repeat with remaining steak. Add oil and stir fry onion and green peppers for 2 minutes. Push vegetables to sides of wok. Add marinade to center of wok and stir until thickened and bubbly. Blend in vegetables, add seak and heat thoroughly.

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Beef Kofta
2 lbs beef.
2 onions.
1 slice soft bread.
1/2 cup milk
salt, pepper
Method
Mince beef and onions twice (till smooth consistency), soak bread in milk and add to meat together with the seasoning.
Mix well and shape into rounds 2-3 inch in diameter.
Grill or fry on skewers or in a double grill until cooked.