“I used to lie down on the grass and draw the blades as they grew - until every square foot of meadow, or mossy bank, became a possession to me.” UsedLyingFeetGrewDrawsPossessionGrassSquaresBladesMeadows Author:John Ruskin
“The finest of the glacier meadow gardens lie ...imbedded in the upper pine forests like lakes of light.” LightLyingGardenForestsLakesFinestMeadowsGlaciers Book:Our National Parks Source: Our National Parks
“Only--but this is rare-- When a beloved hand is laid in ours, When, jaded with the rush and glare Of the interminable hours, Our eyes can in another's eyes read clear, When our world-deafen'd ear Is by the tones of a loved voice caress'd-- A bolt is shot back somewhere in our breast, And a lost pulse of feeling stirs again. The eye sinks inward, and the heart lies plain, And what we mean, we say, and what we would, we know. A man becomes aware of his life's flow, And hears its winding murmur; and he sees The meadows where it glides, the sun, the breeze.” KnowsMenWorldHeartMeanFeelingsHandsEyeLyingLostVoiceHoursSunClearShotsFlowEarsBelovedToneBreastsOur WorldInwardBreezePulseMeadowsBoltsCaressJadedGlare Book:Dover Beach and Other Poems Source: Dover Beach and Other Poems
“Times are changed with him who marries; there are no more by-path meadows, where you may innocently linger, but the road lies long and straight and dusty to the grave. Idleness, which is often becoming and even wise in the bachelor, begins to wear a different aspect when you have a wife to support.” MayLongDifferentLyingSupportPathWiseWifeChangedBecomingAspectGravesIdlenessMeadowsBachelors Author:Robert Louis Stevenson
“[This world] exists nonnecessarily, improbably, and causelessly. It exists for absolutely no reason at all. It is inexplicably and stunningly actual . . . The impact of this captivated realisation upon me is overwhelming. I am completely stunned. I take a few dazed steps in the dark meadow, and fall among the flowers. I lie stupefied, whirling without comprehension in this world through numberless worlds other than this one.” WorldReasonLyingReligionFallDarkStepsThis WorldFlowerImpactNo ReasonOverwhelmingComprehensionMeadowsRealisationStunnedCaptivatedDazed Author:Quentin Smith