Alive Quote by Algernon Charles Swinburne

“Whether that lady's gentle mind, No longer with the form combined Which scattered love, as stars do light, Found sadness where it left delight,…

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

“Before Parting A MONTH or twain to live on honeycomb Is pleasant; but one tires of scented time, Cold sweet recurrence of accepted rhyme,…

— Algernon Charles Swinburne

Death is the dropping of the flower, that the fruit may swell.

— Henry Ward Beecher

What art thou, life, that we, must court thy stay? A breath one single gasp must puff away! A short-lived flower, that with the…

— Alexander Brome

“That time of year thou mayst in me behold When yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang Upon those boughs which shake against…

— William Shakespeare

She says, "But in contentment I still feel The need for imperishable bliss." Death is the mother of beauty; hence from her, Alone, shall…

— Wallace Stevens

These violent delights have violent ends,And in their triumph die,like fire and powder,Wich , as they kiss, consume...

— William Shakespeare

Mysterious love, uncertain treasure, hast thou more of pain or pleasure! Endless torments dwell about thee: Yet who would live, and live without thee!

— Joseph Addison

“And the days move on and the names of the months change and the four seasons bury one another and it is spring again…

— Mervyn Peake

“Sweet for a little even to fear, and sweet, O love, to lay down fear at love’s fair feet; Shall not some fiery memory…

— Algernon Charles Swinburne

but one loses, as one grows older, something of the lightness of one's dreams; one begins to take life up in both hands, and…

— Anonymous

These blossoms, gathered in familiar paths, With dear companions now passed out of sight, Shall not be laid upon their graves. They live, Since…

— Lucy Larcom