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> [Strangers have crossed the sound, but not the sound of the dark oarsmen Or the golden-haired sons of kings, Strangers whose thought is not formed to the cadence of waves, Rhythm of the sickle, oar and milking pail](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathleen-raine/strangers-have-crossed-the-sound-but-not-the-sound-of-the-dark/)

[Kathleen Raine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathleen-raine/)

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## More by Kathleen Raine

> [Nature is the common, universal language, understood by all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathleen-raine/nature-is-the-common-universal-language-understood-by-all/)

[Kathleen Raine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathleen-raine/)

> [As a child I became a confirmed believer in the ancient gods simply because as between the reality of fact and the reality f…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathleen-raine/as-a-child-i-became-a-confirmed-believer-in-the-ancient-gods-simply/)

[Kathleen Raine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathleen-raine/)

> [Of all the arts the living of a life is perhaps the greatest; to live every moment of life with the same imaginative commitment…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathleen-raine/of-all-the-arts-the-living-of-a-life-is-perhaps-the-greatest-to-live/)

[Kathleen Raine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathleen-raine/)

> [Sensing us, the trees tremble in their sleep, The living leaves recoil before our fires, Baring to us war-charred and broken branches, And seeing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathleen-raine/sensing-us-the-trees-tremble-in-their-sleep-the-living-leaves-recoil/)

[Kathleen Raine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathleen-raine/)

> [Academia is a graveyard of poets.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathleen-raine/academia-is-a-graveyard-of-poets/)

[Kathleen Raine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathleen-raine/)

> [The work of the artist is to heal the soul.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathleen-raine/the-work-of-the-artist-is-to-heal-the-soul/)

[Kathleen Raine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathleen-raine/)

> [Chemistry dissolves the goddess in the alembic, Venus, the white queen, the universal matrix, Down to the molecular hexagons and carbon-chains.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathleen-raine/chemistry-dissolves-the-goddess-in-the-alembic-venus-the-white-queen/)

[Kathleen Raine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathleen-raine/)

> [I couldn't claim that I have never felt the urge to explore evil, but when you descend into hell you have to be very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathleen-raine/i-couldn-t-claim-that-i-have-never-felt-the-urge-to-explore-evil-but/)

[Kathleen Raine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathleen-raine/)

> [Intent on one great love, perfect, Requited and for ever, I missed love's everywhere Small presence, thousand-guised.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathleen-raine/intent-on-one-great-love-perfect-requited-and-for-ever-i-missed-love/)

[Kathleen Raine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathleen-raine/)

> [The air is full of a farewell- deserted by the silver lake lies the wild world, overturned. Cities rise where the mountains fell, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathleen-raine/the-air-is-full-of-a-farewell-deserted-by-the-silver-lake-lies-the/)

[Kathleen Raine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathleen-raine/)

> [“Within the ring there lies an O, Within the O there looks an eye, In the eye there swims a sea, And in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathleen-raine/within-the-ring-there-lies-an-o-within-the-o-there-looks-an-eye-in/)

[Kathleen Raine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathleen-raine/)

> [And see the peaceful trees extend their myriad leaves in leisured dance- they bear the weight of sky and cloud upon the fountain of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathleen-raine/and-see-the-peaceful-trees-extend-their-myriad-leaves-in-leisured/)

[Kathleen Raine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathleen-raine/)

> [“The icon is transparent as a representation of the special reality it depicts; an idol replaces and obscures that reality ... but the difference…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathleen-raine/the-icon-is-transparent-as-a-representation-of-the-special-reality-it/)

[Kathleen Raine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathleen-raine/)

> [Strangers have crossed the sound, but not the sound of the dark oarsmen Or the golden-haired sons of kings, Strangers whose thought is not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathleen-raine/strangers-have-crossed-the-sound-but-not-the-sound-of-the-dark/)

[Kathleen Raine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathleen-raine/)

> [Poetry is not an end in itself but in the service of life; of what use are poems, or any other works of art,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathleen-raine/poetry-is-not-an-end-in-itself-but-in-the-service-of-life-of-what-use/)

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