“I have loved colours, and not flowers;Their motion, not the swallows wings;And wasted more than half my hoursWithout the comradeship of things.” HalfFlowerWingsColourComradeship Book:The collected works of Arthur Symons Source: The collected works of Arthur Symons
“Without charm there can be no fine literature, as there can be no perfect flower without fragrance.” LiteraturePerfectFlowerFineCharmFragrance Book:The symbolist movement in literature Source: The symbolist movement in literature
“Sweet, can I sing you the song of your kisses? How soft is this one, how subtle this is, How fluttering swift as a bird's kiss that is, As a bird that taps at a leafy lattice; How this one clings and how that uncloses From bud to flower in the way of roses.” WayLoveSongSweetFlowerKissingBirdRoseCrushSubtleBudFluttering Book:Poems Source: Poems
