“the feet should have more of the acquaintance of earth, and know more of flowers, freshness, cool brooks, wild thyme, and salt sand than does anything else about us. ... It is only the entirely unshod that have lively feet.” KnowsShouldDoeEarthFeetFlowerShould HaveSandSaltAcquaintanceLivelyBrooksFreshnessThyme Book:The Essential Alice Meynell Collection Source: The Essential Alice Meynell Collection
“But, visiting Sea, your love doth press / And reach in further than you know, / And fills all these; and, when you go, / There's loneliness in loneliness.” KnowsSeaLonelinessOceanPressesVisiting Author:Alice Meynell
“O spring, I know thee! Seek for sweet surprise / In the young children's eyes. / But I have learnt the years, and know the yet / Leaf-folded violet.” KnowsYearsChildrenEyeYoungSweetSpringSurpriseTheeLeafsVioletYoung Children Book:Selected Poems of Alice Meynell Source: Selected Poems of Alice Meynell
“Terrestrial scenery is much, but it is not all. Men go in search of it; but the celestial scenery journeys to them; it goes its way round the world. It has no nation, it costs no wearinesss, it knows no bonds.” KnowsMenWorldWayNationsJourneyCostRoundsCelestialScenery Author:Alice Meynell
