“As Summer into Autumn slips And yet we sooner say "The Summer" than "the Autumn," lest We turn the sun away, And almost count it an Affront The presence to concede Of one however lovely, not The one that we have loved - So we evade the charge of Years On one attempting shy The Circumvention of the Shaft Of Life's Declivity.” YearsTurnsSunSummerLovelyShyAutumnSlipsSeptemberAttemptingAffront Book:The Life and Letters of Emily Dickinson Source: The Life and Letters of Emily Dickinson
“All problems have to be solved eventually by ONESELF, and that's where all your lovely John Donne stuff turns out to be a load of crap because, in the last analysis, A MAN IS AN ISLAND.” MenProblemLastsTurnsStuffOneselfLovelyAnalysisIslandsLoadCrapDonne Author:Kenneth Williams
“the place (Dogtown, in Gloucester, Massachusetts, fh) is forsaken and majestically lovely as if nature had at last formed one spot where she can live for herself alone.. (it) looked like a cross between Easter Island and Stonehenge - essentially druidic in it appearance, it gives the feeling that an ancient race might turn up at any moment and renew an ageless rite there.” IfsGivingMomentsFeelingsMightLastsTurnsRaceCrossesAncientAppearanceLovelySpotsIslandsEasterRiteMassachusettsForsakenAgelessStonehengeGloucesterEaster Island Author:Marsden Hartley
“For when is the child the ideal child in our eyes and to our hearts? Is it not when with gentle hand he takes his father by the beard, and turns that father's face up to his brothers and sisters to kiss? when even the lovely selfishness of love-seeking has vanished, and the heart is absorbed in loving?” HeartChildrenHandsEyeFacesTurnsFatherBrotherKissingIdealsSeekingLovelySelfishnessGentleBrothers And SistersBeard Book:Unspoken Sermons Source: Unspoken Sermons