27 quotes
American poet (1892–1950)
“The soul can split the sky in two and let the face of God shine through.”
"God, I can push the grass apart and lay my finger on Thy heart."
on Faith
"My candle burns at both ends;It will not last the night;But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends—It gives a lovely light!"
on Life
"My candle burns at both ends It will not last the night But ah my foes and oh my friends - It gives a lovely light."
"Into each dance must be packed the panic and ecstasy of her last moment of life, for underneath was death."
"I would I were alive again to kiss the fingers of the rain."
on Nature
"Pity me that the heart is slow to learnWhat the swift mind beholds at every turn."
on Love
"I will be the gladdest thing under the sun! I will touch a hundred flowers and not pick one."
on Joy
"I know I am but summer to your heart, and not the full four seasons of the year."
"It is not true that life is one damn thing after another- it's one damn thing over and over."
"After all, my erstwhile dear,My no longer cherished,Need we say it was not love,Just because it perished?"
"Strange how few After all's said and done the things that are Of moment."
"I shall die, but that is all that I shall do for Death."
on Death
"My heart is warm with the friends I make And better friends I'll not be knowing Yet there isn't a train I wouldn't take No matter where it's going."
on Friendship
"Into the darkness they go, the wise and the lovely."
"And all the loveliest things there be Come simply so it seems to me."
"I will come back to you, I swear I will;And you will know me still.I shall be only a little tallerThan when I went."
"Lost in Hell,-Persephone,Take her head upon your knee;Say to her, "My dear, my dear,It is not so dreadful here."
"With him for a sire and her for a dam What should I be but just what I am?"
on Identity
"Beauty is whatever gives joy."
on Happiness
"Please give me some good advice in your next letter. I promise not to follow it."
on Humor
