Binding Quote by William Blake

“And Priests in black gowns, were walking their rounds, And binding with briars, my joys & desires.”

— William Blake

Along the avenue of cypresses, All in their scarlet cloaks and surplices Of linen, go the chanting choristers, The priests in gold and black,…

— D. H. Lawrence

Lord, what a thoughtless wretch was I, To mourn, and murmur and repine, To see the wicked placed on high, In pride and robes…

— Isaac Watts

“what transported me into raptures were the sweeping cloaks, the wraps, the shawls, the veils, all those yielding, magnificent, unused materials that were soft…

— Rainer Maria Rilke

“and all the beauty and the blasphemy. Petals, petals, scattering from the stands where only vestals were allowed to sit, having tended the flame…

— Sarah Arvio

“You are aware of only one unrest; Oh, never learn to know the other! Two souls, alas, are dwelling in my breast, And one…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Quaint, outlandish heathen gods Black men fashion out of rods

— Countee Cullen

“Across the river were two clouds in your eyes and my kisses floated ascend from the heights of the sacred mountain. There in the…

— sir kristian goldmund aumann

“But what's left on earth that I haven't tried?" Prince Lír demanded. "I have swum four rivers, each in full flood and none less…

— Peter S. Beagle

“The broad white road unrolled before the long procession, the sun and sky surveyed it cloudless, the wind tossed the tree boughs above it,…

— Charlotte Brontë

“When his flock thronged into the midnight service, there was wonder on every face at the newly hung greens and the softly flickering candles…

— Jan Karon

“When two Christians who fully understand this stand before the minister all decked out in their wedding finery, they realize they're not just playing…

— Timothy J. Keller