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Arthur Symons was an English poet born on February 28, 1865, and died on January 22, 1945. His poetry is known for its unique style and pursuit of beauty.

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“Life is a dream in the night, a fear among fears, A naked runner lost in a storm of spears.”

Life Dream Life Is Night Lost Storm Naked Runners Spears Life Is A Dream

Book:Arthur Symons: Selected Writings

Source: Arthur Symons: Selected Writings

“God, like all highest things, Hides light in shade, And in the night his visitings To sleep and dreams are clearliest made.”

Made Dream Light Night Sleep Highest Shade Visiting Sleep And Dream

Book:Poems

Source: Poems

“I heard the sighing of the reedsAt noontide and at evening,And some old dream I had forgottenI seemed to be remembering.”

Dream Remember Heard Evening

Book:The collected works of Arthur Symons

Source: The collected works of Arthur Symons

“There is not a dream which may not come true, if we have the energy which makes, or chooses, our own fate.... It is only the dreams of those light sleepers who dream faintly that do not come true.”

Ifs May Dream Light Energy Fate Sleepers

Author:Arthur Symons

“Vaguely conscious of that great suspense in which we live, we find our escape from its sterile, annihilating reality in many dreams, in religion, passion, art.”

Art Dream Reality Passion Conscious Suspense

Book:Arthur Symons: Selected Writings

Source: Arthur Symons: Selected Writings

“I had my dreams of Venice, but nothing that I had dreamed was as impossible as what I found.”

Dream Found Impossible Venice

Author:Arthur Symons

About the Author

Born: February 28, 1865
Died: January 22, 1945
Known for: Poet
Quotes: 40

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The collected works of Arthur SymonsRelated source material

PoemsRelated source material

Arthur Symons: Selected WritingsRelated source material

The symbolist movement in literatureRelated source material

Amoris Victima, 1897: Amoris Victimia -Sic- 1940 0Related source material

An Introduction to the Study of BrowningRelated source material

Arthur Symons, selected letters, 1880-1935Related source material

Cities and Sea-Coasts and IslandsRelated source material

Cities of ItalyRelated source material

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