Ocean Quotes

2174 Ocean quotes by 1339 unique authors

The sea is flowing ever, The land retains it never. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Love the sea? I dote upon it--from the beach. — Douglas William Jerrold
Old ocean's gray and melancholy waste. — William C. Bryant
That make the meadows green; and, poured round all, Old Ocean's gray and melancholy waste,-- Are but the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb… — William C. Bryant
For now I stand as one upon a rock environed with a wilderness of sea, who marks the waxing tide grow wave by wave, expecting… — William Shakespeare
Coal-black is better than another hue In that it scorns to bear another hue; For all the water in the ocean Can never turn the… — William Shakespeare
Music is the vapor of art. It is to poetry what reverie is to thought, what fluid is to solid, what the ocean of clouds… — Victor Hugo
There's not a ship that sails the ocean, But every climate, every soil, Must bring its tribute, great or small, And help to build the… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Whilst breezy waves toss up their silvery spray. — Thomas Hood
A mob is usually a creature of very mysterious existence, particularly in a large city. Where it comes from, or whither it goes, few men… — Charles Dickens
The pleased sea on a white-breasted shore-- A shore that wears on her alluring brows Rare shells, far brought, the love-gifts of the sea, That… — Alexander Smith
Burns, has spent years exploring the many avenues for adventure and fun in San Diego. The fact that you can experience the desert, snow, mountains… — Robert Burns
Praise the Sea, but keepe on land. — George Herbert
Who know but He, whose hand the lightning forms, Who heaves old ocean, and who wings the storms, Pours fierce ambition in a Caesar's mind. — Alexander Pope
Rich and various gems inlay The unadorned bosom of the deep. — John Milton
The ocean and I have many pebbles To find and wash off and roll into shape. — William Stafford
And Thou, vast Ocean! on whole awful face Time's iron feet can print no ruin trace. — Robert Montgomery
The land is dearer for the sea, The ocean for the shore. — Lucy Larcom
As the moon's fair image quaketh In the raging waves of ocean, Whilst she, in the vault of heaven, Moves with silent peaceful motion. — Heinrich Heine
You'd think New York people was all wise; but no, they can't get a chance to learn. Every thing's too compressed. Even the hay-seeds are… — O. Henry
Now deep in ocean sunk the lamp of light, And drew behind the cloudy vale of night. — Homer
It is a pleasure for to sit at ease Upon the land, and safely for to see How other folks are tossed on the seas… — Lucretius
Ye waves That o'er th' interminable ocean wreathe Your crisped smiles. — Aeschylus
Out in the ocean, a rope is put around the man's neck. The other end of the rope is attached to an old jukebox and… — Jimmy Breslin
O soul, be changed into little waterdrops, / And fall into the ocean, ne'er be found! — Christopher Marlowe

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