“Is it not easy to conceive the World in your Mind? To think the Heavens fair? The Sun Glorious? The Earth fruitful? The Air Pleasant? The Sea Profitable? And the Giver bountiful? Yet these are the things which it is difficult to retain. For could we always be sensible of their use and value, we should be always delighted with their wealth and glory.” ThinkingWorldShouldMindUseEarthValuesHeavenEasyDifficultWealthSunAirSeaGloryFairsEnvironmentalPleasantGloriousSensibleProfitableGiverDelighted Book:Centuries of Meditations Source: Centuries of Meditations
“Nature never set forth the earth in so rich tapestry as divers poets have done; neither with pleasant rivers, fruitful trees, sweet-smelling flowers, nor whatsoever else may make the too-much-loved earth more lovely; her world is brazen, the poets only deliver a golden.” WorldMayDoneEarthRichToo MuchTreePoetSweetFlowerRiversLovelyGoldenPleasantTapestryBrazen Book:An Apology For Poetry (Or The Defence Of Poesy): Revised and Expanded Second Edition Source: An Apology For Poetry (Or The Defence Of Poesy): Revised and Expanded Second Edition
“Women may be whole oceans deeper than we are, but they are also a whole paradise better. She may have got us out of Eden, but as a compensation she makes the earth very pleasant.” MayWholeEarthWomenOceanDeeperPleasantParadiseCompensationEden Author:Pearl Mary Teresa Craigie
“It is exceedingly deleterious to withdraw the sanction of religion from amusement. If we feel that it is all injurious we should strip the earth of its flowers and blot out its pleasant sunshine.” IfsFeelsShouldEarthFlowerPleasantSunshineAmusementSanctions Author:Edwin Hubbel Chapin