{"id":232,"date":"2024-08-19T07:00:20","date_gmt":"2024-08-19T12:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/?p=232"},"modified":"2024-08-14T12:39:44","modified_gmt":"2024-08-14T17:39:44","slug":"the-two-faces-of-beauty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/2024\/08\/19\/the-two-faces-of-beauty\/","title":{"rendered":"The Two Faces of Beauty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"><em>Some thoughts on beauty on a bit of a tangent from Friday.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Beauty is two maidens<br \/>\nBoth bring light and joy<br \/>\nTogether they bring wonder<br \/>\nAnd shining hope employ.<\/p>\n<p>The first delights the eyes<br \/>\nWe drink in all she shows<br \/>\nThe second reaches deeper<br \/>\nTo what the spirit knows.<\/p>\n<p>They both must go together<br \/>\nAnd often offer simple fair<br \/>\nWhen they\u2019re rent asunder<br \/>\nThere comes a strange despair.<\/p>\n<p>The first grows cold and distant<br \/>\nHer joys are not for you!<br \/>\nThe second turns ever inward<br \/>\nCaged where light does not show through.<\/p>\n<p>Apart they bring shallow comfort<br \/>\nTo the souls they seek to save,<br \/>\nAnd if left long apart<br \/>\nThey lead spirits to the grave.<\/p>\n<p>So do not shun the glory<br \/>\nOf either maiden\u2019s light<br \/>\nThe eyes and soul together<br \/>\nBring them through the night.<\/p>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"><em>The Two Faces of Beauty<\/em> copyright \u00a9 Heather Strickler 2024 all rights reserved<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some thoughts on beauty on a bit of a tangent from Friday. Beauty is two maidens Both bring light and joy Together they bring wonder And shining hope employ. The first delights the eyes We drink in all she shows The second reaches deeper To what the spirit knows. They both must go together And&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/2024\/08\/19\/the-two-faces-of-beauty\/\">Read More <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Two Faces of Beauty<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":233,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[14,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-poetry","category-writing"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/wyrdbard_Two_women_one_dark_haired_one_blond_stand_back_to_back_4369133a-0ca6-440f-b9d8-924febeee283.png?fit=1024%2C1024","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/parUcj-3K","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":432,"url":"http:\/\/dreaminginplot.com\/MainBlog\/2025\/08\/04\/chains-of-light\/","url_meta":{"origin":232,"position":0},"title":"Chains of Light","author":"Heather","date":"August 4, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Because great troubles also contain great hope. 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