“Sweet is the rose, but grows upon a brere; Sweet is the juniper, but sharp his bough; Sweet is the eglantine, but stiketh nere; Sweet is the firbloome, but its braunches rough; Sweet is the cypress, but its rynd is tough; Sweet is the nut, but bitter is his pill; Sweet is the broome-flowre, but yet sowre enough; And sweet is moly, but his root is ill.” EnoughGrowsGrowing UpSweetToughRootsRoseIllBitterRoughNutsPillsCypresses Author:Edmund Spenser
“What is this thing called a kiss? French, tongue, soul, chaste, motherly, fatherly, brotherly, sisterly, ass, genital, Judas, trembling, rough, hesitant, sweet, soft, wet, dying, fevered, good-night, farewell, burning, and chocolate.” SoulNightDyingSweetKissingTongueAssBurningRoughChocolateWetFarewellTremblingGood NightChasteJudasBrotherlyHesitantMotherlySisterly Author:Gilbert Sorrentino
“Under the greenwood tree, Who loves to lie with me And tune his merry note, Unto the sweet bird's throat; Come hither, come hither, come hither. Here shall he see No enemy But winter and rough weather.” LyingEnemyTreeSweetBirdNotesWinterWeatherTunesRoughThroatMerryYou Like It Author:William Shakespeare
“You are like a chestnut burr, prickly outside, but silky-soft within, and a sweet kernel, if one can only get at it. Love will make you show your heart some day, and then the rough burr will fall off.” IfsLoveHeartShowsFallSweetRoughKernelChestnutsBurrs Book:Little Women Source: Little Women
“Enough! we're tired, my heart and I. We sit beside the headstone thus, And wish that name were carved for us. The moss reprints more tenderly The hard types of the mason's knife, As Heaven's sweet life renews earth's life With which we're tired, my heart and I .... In this abundant earth no doubt Is little room for things worn out: Disdain them, break them, throw them by! And if before the days grew rough We once were loved, used, - well enough, I think, we've fared, my heart and I.” IfsThinkingWellsHeartLittlesHardEnoughEarthUsedNamesHeavenWishRoomsBreakDoubtSweetGrewTypeMy HeartTiredNo DoubtRoughKnivesWornDisdainMossWorn OutMasonsHeadstoneSweet Life Book:Delphi Complete Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (Illustrated)
“She was a sweet girl but not really pretty, a rough sketch of a woman with a little of everything in her, one of those silhouettes which artists draw in three strokes on the tablecloth in a café after dinner, between a glass of brandy and a cigarette. Nature sometimes turns out creatures like that.” LittlesSometimesArtistTurnsGirlThreeSweetCreaturesDrawsGlassesDinnerRoughCigaretteStrokesSilhouettesBrandyReally PrettySweet Girl Author:Guy de Maupassant
“Tom Dancer’s gift of a whitebark pine cone You never know What opportunity Is going to travel to you, Or through you. Once a friend gave me A small pine cone- One of a few He found in the scat Of a grizzly In Utah maybe, Or Wyoming. I took it home And did what I supposed He was sure I would do- I ate it, Thinking How it had traveled Through that rough And holy body. It was crisp and sweet. It was almost a prayer Without words. My gratitude, Tom Dancer, For this gift of the world I adore so much And want to belong to. And thank you too, great bear” ThinkingKnowsWorldWantHomeBodyFoundOpportunityPrayerSweetBearsGratitudeHolyDancerRoughTomsTraveledAdoreCrispsUtahConesWyomingGrizzlies Author:Mary Oliver