All Kathleen Raine Quotes
- As a child I became a confirmed believer in the ancient gods simply because as between the reality of fact and the reality f myth,… Ancient
- Of all created things the source is one, Simple, single as love; remember The cell and seed of life, the sphere That is, of child,… All
- And see the peaceful trees extend their myriad leaves in leisured dance- they bear the weight of sky and cloud upon the fountain of their… Bear
- 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 theirs,… Baring
- O never harm the dreaming world, the world of green, the world of leaves, but let its million palms unfold the adoration of the trees… Adoration
- Meanings, moods, the whole scale of our inner experience, finds in nature the 'correspondences' through which we may know our boundless selves. Boundless
- Nature is the common, universal language, understood by all. All
- 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 careful. Careful