“ I am tired, Beloved, of chafing my heart against The want of you; Of squeezing it into little inkdrops, And posting it. ”
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“ For books are more than books, they are the life The very heart and core of ages past, The reason why men lived and worked and died, The essence and quintessence of their lives. ”
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“ A black cat among roses, phlox, lilacmisted under a quarter moon, the sweet smells of heliotrope and nightscented stock. The garden is very still. It is dazed with moonlight, contented with perfume... ”
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“ The Taxi When I go away from you The world beats dead Like a slackened drum. I call out for you against the jutted stars And shout into the ridges of the wind. Streets coming fast, One after the other, Wedge you away from me, And the lamps of the city prick my eyes So that I can no longer see your face. Why should I leave you, To wound myself upon the sharp edges of the night? ”
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“ Venus Transiens Tell me, Was Venus more beautiful Than you are, When she topped The crinkled waves, Drifting shoreward On her plaited shell? Was Botticelli’s vision Fairer than mine; And were the painted rosebuds He tossed his lady Of better worth Than the words I blow about you To cover your too great loveliness As with a gauze Of misted silver? For me, You stand poised In the blue and buoyant air, Cinctured by bright winds, Treading the sunlight. And the waves which precede you Ripple and stir The sands at my feet. ”
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“ Apples of Hesperides Glinting golden through the trees, Apples of Hesperides! Through the moonpierced warp of night Shoot pale shafts of yellow light, Swaying to the kissing breeze Swings the treasure, goldengleaming, Apples of Hesperides!. Far and lofty yet they glimmer, Apples of Hesperides! Blinded by their radiant shimmer, Pushing forward just for these; Dewbesprinkled, bramblemarred, Poor duped mortal, travelscarred, Always thinking soon to seize And possess the goldenglistening Apples of Hesperides!. Orbed, and glittering, and pendent, Apples of Hesperides! Not one missing, still transcendent, Clustering like a swarm of bees. Yielding to no man's desire, Glowing with a saffron fire, Splendid, unassailed, the golden Apples of Hesperides! ”
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“ The inkstand is full of ink, and the paper lies white and unspotted, in the round of light thrown by a candle. Puffs of darkness sweep into the corners, and keep rolling through the room behind his chair. The air is silver and pearl, for the night is liquid with moonlight. See how the roof glitters, like ice! Over there, a slice of yellow cuts into the silverblue, and beside it stand two geraniums, purple because the light is silverblue, tonight. ”
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“ The inkstand is full of ink, and the paper lies white and unspotted, in the round of light thrown by a candle. Puffs of darkness sweep into the corners, and keep rolling through the room behind his chair. The air is silver and pearl, for the night is liquid with moonlight. See how the roof glitters, like ice! Over there, a slice of yellow cuts into the silverblue, and beside it stand two geraniums, purple because the light is silverblue, tonight. ”
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“ All books are either dreams or swords, You can cut, or you can drug, with words. ”
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“ For books are more than books, they are the life The very heart and core of ages past, The reason why men lived and worked and died, The essence and quintessence of their lives. ”
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“ All books are either dreams or swords, You can cut, or you can drug, with words. ”
- Amy Lowell- Copy
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“ For books are more than books, they are the life The very heart and core of ages past, The reason why men lived and worked and died, The essence and quintessence of their lives. ”
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“ A man must be sacrificed now and again to provide for the next generation of men. ”
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“ For books are more than books, they are the life, the very heart and core of ages past, the reason why men lived and worked and died, the essence and quintessence of their lives. ”
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“ Let the key guns be mounted, make a brave show of waging war, and pry off the lid of Pandora's Box once more. ”
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“ Poets are always the advance guard of literature; the advance guard of life. It is for this reason that their recognition comes so slowly. ”
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“ Fifteen millions of soldiers with popguns and horsesAll bent upon killing, because their "of courses"Are not quite the same. ”
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“ Take everything easy and quit dreaming and brooding and you will be well guarded from a thousand evils. ”
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“ Time! Joyless emblem of the greed of millions, robber of the best which earth can give. ”
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“ Witches are moon-birds, Witches are the women of the false, beautiful moon. ”
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“ There are few things so futile, and few so amusing, As a peaceful and purposeless sort of perusing of old random jottings set down in a blank book you've unearthed from a drawer as you looked for your bank book. ”
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“ I am tired, Beloved, of chafing my heart against the want of you; of squeezing it into little inkdrops, And posting it. ”
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“ Let us be of cheer, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never come. ”
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