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其間插著蓮花和蓮蓬頭
《愛蓮說》是北宋理學家周敦頤所作的一篇議論散文。「說」為古代議論文體之一。
水陸草木之花，可愛者甚蕃；晉陶淵明獨愛菊。自李唐來，世人甚愛牡丹。予獨愛蓮之出淤泥而不染，濯清漣而不妖；中通外直，不蔓不枝；香遠益清，亭亭淨植，可遠觀而不可褻玩焉。
予謂：菊，花之隱逸者也；牡丹，花之富貴者也；蓮，花之君子者也。噫！菊之愛，陶後鮮有聞；蓮之愛，同予者何人？牡丹之愛，宜乎眾矣！
嘉祐八年正月七日（1063年2月7日）周敦頤與沈希顏、錢拓共遊江南西道虔州雩都羅岩厓（今江西省于都縣），在羅岩厓上題名並有詩刻石。後來沈希顏在雩都善山興建濂溪閣，請周敦頤題詞，周敦頤作《愛蓮說》相贈[2]，文章裡將睡蓮[3]比作君子，並盛讚睡蓮「出淤泥而不染，中通外直，不蔓不枝，香遠益清」[4]。淳熙六年（1179年）朱熹任知南康軍，訪其遺跡，與博士弟子於南康軍學中興建濂溪祠，又從周敦頤曾孫周直卿手中獲得《愛蓮說》的遺墨，於是朱熹將署衙後圃臨池的一個亭館命名為「愛蓮館」，並把周敦頤親書的《愛蓮說》刻於館壁。
來看看蓮花影片
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXG2DIc7vWg
Memory Elaine Paige | Cats The Musical
Memory
Turn your face to the moonlight
Let your memory lead you
Open up, enter in
If you find there the meaning of what happiness is
Then a new life will begin
Memory, all alone in the moonlight
I can smile at the old days
I remember a time I knew what happiness was
Let the memory live again
Burnt out ends of smoky days
The stale cold smell of morning
A street lamp dies, another night is over
Another day is dawning
Daylight, I must wait for the sunrise
I must think of a new life
And I mustnt give in
When the dawn comes tonight will be a memory too
And a new day will begin
JEMINA:
Sunlight, through the trees in summer
Endless masquerading
GRIZABELLA AND JEMIMA:
Like a flower as the dawn is breaking
GRIZABELLA:
The memory is fading
Touch me, its so easy to leave me
All alone with the memory
Of my days in the sun
If you touch me youll understand what happiness is
Look, a new day has begun
