Quote by Arthur Rimbaud

“Then we had the irises, rising beautiful and cool on their tall stalks, like blown glass, like pastel water momentarily frozen in a splash,…

— Margaret Atwood

“Translating this to the spiritual regions as their wont is, the poets sang beautifully how roses fade and petals fall. The moment is brief…

— Virginia Woolf

“How is it that I am now so softly awakened, My leaves shaken down with music?― Darling, I love you. It is not your…

— Conrad Aiken

“Flowers bloom in spring Oh, the sky spreads in summer They’re engraved and sparkling In my heart Rain falls in the morning Even on…

— Kobato

As down in the sunless retreats of the ocean Sweet flowers are springing no mortal can see, So deep in my soul the still…

— Charles Lamb

“What passing bells for these who die as cattle? Only the monstrous anger of the guns. Only the stuttering rifle's rapid rattle Can patter…

— Wilfred Owen

“The flower that smiles today Tomorrow dies; All that we wish to stay Tempts and then flies; What is this world's delight? Lightning, that…

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

“The Throes of Poetry - Hymns formed from groans of acquaintance, its rhythm weaving between tranquility, compassions, and peril - like bare feet stomping…

— Traci Lea LaRussa

“ The Day is Done The day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings of Night, As a feather is wafted downward…

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

“And those who come together in the night and are entwined in rocking delight do an earnest work and gather sweetnesses, gather depth and…

— Rainer Maria Rilke

And storied windows richly dight, Casting a dim religious light. There let the pealing organ blow, To the full-voiced choir below, In service high,…

— John Milton

“Go gather by the humming sea Some twisted, echo-harbouring shell. And to its lips thy story tell, And they thy comforters will be. Rewording…

— W.B. Yeats