All 10 Uses
dwell
in
The Prophet, by Kahlil Gibran
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- ...why dwell you among the summits where eagles build their nests?
*dwell = live (make your home)
- Deep is your longing for the land of your memories and the dwelling-place of your greater desires; and our love would not bind you nor our needs hold you.†
- You may house their bodies but not their souls, For their souls dwell in the house of to-morrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.†
- It is to build a house with affection, even as if your beloved were to dwell in that house.†
- You shall not dwell in tombs made by the dead for the living.†
- But your god-self dwells not alone in your being.†
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- And he answered, saying: You talk when you cease to be at peace with your thoughts; And when you can no longer dwell in the solitude of your heart you live in your lips, and sound is a diversion and a pastime.†
- In the bosom of such as these the spirit dwells in rhythmic silence.†
- And that which sings and contemplates in you is still dwelling within the bounds of that first moment which scattered the stars into space.†
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- That which is you dwells above the mountain and roves with the wind.†
Definitions:
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(1)
(dwell as in: Don't dwell on it.) to think, communicate, or let attention stay on (or return to) something for a prolonged period
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(2)
(dwell as in: It dwells in the forest.) make one's home in; or to live in; or to stay (in a place)
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(3)
(dwelling as in: a modest dwelling) a house or shelter in which someone lives
- (4) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)