“So God stepped over to the edge of the world And He spat out the seven seas; He batted His eyes, and the lightnings flashed; He clapped His hands, and the thunders rolled; And the waters above the earth came down, The cooling waters came down.” WorldHandsEyeEarthWaterSeaSevenEdgesHis EyesLightningThunderCoolingSpatsEdge Of The World Book:Complete Poems Source: Complete Poems
“Ah, love is a voyage with water and a star, in drowning air and squalls of precipitate bran; love is a war of lights in the lightning flashes, two bodies blasted in a single burst of honey.” LoveTwoWarBodyLightStarsWaterLove IsAirHoneyFlashLightningDrowningVoyages Book:Pablo Neruda: Five Decades, a Selection (poems, 1925-1970) Source: Pablo Neruda: Five Decades, a Selection (poems, 1925-1970)
“And where the deepest current crawls/ Like thistledown the dainty fly falls./ Then from the depths a silver gleam/ Quick flashes, like a jewel bright./ Up through the waters of the stream/ An instant visible to sight/ As lightning cleaves to sombre sky/ A rainbow rises to the fly.” FallWaterSeaSkyRiversSightDepthFishesCurrentsBoatInstantStreamsVisibleLakesFishingSilverFlashLightningRainbowJewelsGleamDainty Author:John Buchan