Awe Quote by George Eliot

“How should all the apparatus of heaven and earth, from the farthest firmament to the tender bosom of the mother who nourished us, make…

— George Eliot

“But of the heaven which is above the heavens, what earthly poet ever did or ever will sing worthily?”

— Plato

“Here are the skies, the planets seven, And all the starry train: Content you with the mimic heaven, And on the earth remain. (Additional…

— A.E. Housman

True poetry is not of earth, 'T is more of Heaven by its birth.

— William Faulkner

“One will surely understand what I consider to be the function of poetry. It is to nourish the spirit of man by giving him…

— Frances Ponge

“All things exist as they are perceived: at least in relation to the percipient. 'The mind is its own place, and of itself can…

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

“The sky too is deep, the water immeasurably deep. Of heaven and earth we know nothing [unnamed poet]”

— Alan Booth

“The words of the true poems give you more than poems, They give you to form for yourself poems, religions, politics, war, peace, behavior,…

— Walt Whitman

“This is perhaps the most noble aim of poetry, to attach ourselves to the world around us, to turn desire into love, to embrace,…

— Octavio Paz

“In a world that has no heaven the earth becomes an abyss. And the poem is one of its consolation prizes. One of the…

— Mahmoud Darwish

“Let us not subside into a single mandatory way of thinking or feeling, immersed by a spirit of self-gratification. But let’s dig into the…

— Erik Pevernagie

Heaven deliver us, what's a poet? Something that can't go to bed without making a song about it.

— Dorothy L. Sayers