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> [Whither, O splendid ship, thy white sails crowding,Leaning across the bosom of the urgent West,That fearest nor sea rising, nor sky clouding,Whither away, fair rover, and what thy quest?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-bridges/whither-o-splendid-ship-thy-white-sails-crowding-leaning-across-the/)

[Robert Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-bridges/)

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## More by Robert Bridges

> [But I can tell - let truth be told - That love will change in growing old; Though day by day is nought to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-bridges/but-i-can-tell-let-truth-be-told-that-love-will-change-in-growing-old/)

[Robert Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-bridges/)

> [I love all beauteous things, I seek and adore them](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-bridges/i-love-all-beauteous-things-i-seek-and-adore-them/)

[Robert Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-bridges/)

> [Beauty is the highest of all these occult influences, the quality of appearances that thru' the sense wakeneth spiritual emotion in the mind of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-bridges/beauty-is-the-highest-of-all-these-occult-influences-the-quality-of/)

[Robert Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-bridges/)

> [The hill pines were sighing, O'ercast and chill was the day; A mist in the valley lying Blotted the pleasant May.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-bridges/the-hill-pines-were-sighing-o-ercast-and-chill-was-the-day-a-mist-in/)

[Robert Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-bridges/)

> [Were I a cloud I'd gather My skirts up in the air, And fly well know whither, And rest I well know where.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-bridges/were-i-a-cloud-i-d-gather-my-skirts-up-in-the-air-and-fly-well-know/)

[Robert Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-bridges/)

> [The name of happiness is but a wider termfor the unalloy'd conditions of the Pleasur of Life,attendant on all function, and not to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-bridges/the-name-of-happiness-is-but-a-wider-termfor-the-unalloy-d-conditions/)

[Robert Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-bridges/)

> [When first we met we did not guess that Love would prove so hard a master.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-bridges/when-first-we-met-we-did-not-guess-that-love-would-prove-so-hard-a/)

[Robert Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-bridges/)

> [I live on hope and that I think do all Who come into this world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-bridges/i-live-on-hope-and-that-i-think-do-all-who-come-into-this-world/)

[Robert Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-bridges/)

> [Nature hav no music; nor would ther be for theeany better melody in the April woods at dawnthan what an old stone-deaf labourer, lying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-bridges/nature-hav-no-music-nor-would-ther-be-for-theeany-better-melody-in/)

[Robert Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-bridges/)

> [Our stability is but balance, and conduct lies In masterful administration of the unforseen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-bridges/our-stability-is-but-balance-and-conduct-lies-in-masterful/)

[Robert Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-bridges/)

> [Man's Reason is in such deep insolvency to sense,that tho' she guide his highest flight heav'nward, and teach himdignity morals manners and human comfort,she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-bridges/man-s-reason-is-in-such-deep-insolvency-to-sense-that-tho-she-guide/)

[Robert Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-bridges/)

> [Poetry's magic lies in the imagery which satifies even without interpretation..it is accepted as easily as it was created.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-bridges/poetry-s-magic-lies-in-the-imagery-which-satifies-even-without/)

[Robert Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-bridges/)

> [Whither, O splendid ship, thy white sails crowding,Leaning across the bosom of the urgent West,That fearest nor sea rising, nor sky clouding,Whither away, fair…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-bridges/whither-o-splendid-ship-thy-white-sails-crowding-leaning-across-the/)

[Robert Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-bridges/)

> [And whiter grows the foam, The small moon lightens more; And as I turn me home, My shadow walks before.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-bridges/and-whiter-grows-the-foam-the-small-moon-lightens-more-and-as-i-turn/)

[Robert Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-bridges/)

> [There is a hill beside the silver Thames, Shady with birch and beech and odorous pine; And brilliant underfoot with thousand gems, Steeply the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-bridges/there-is-a-hill-beside-the-silver-thames-shady-with-birch-and-beech/)

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