Poetry Quotes

Oh my only friend, my best beloved, the gates are open in my house-do not pass by like a dream.

In the drowsy dark cave of the mind dreams build their nest with fragments dropped from day's caravan.

Leave out my name from the gift if it be a burden, but keep my song.

Days are coloured bubbles that float upon the surface of fathomless nights.

My day is done, and I am like a boat drawn on the beach, listening to the dance-music of the tide in the evening.

In the world's audience hall, the simple blade of grass sits on the same carpet with the sunbeams, and the stars of midnight.

The echo mocks her origin to prove she is the original.

To the guests that must go, bid God's speed and brush away all traces of their steps.

My debts are large, my failures great, my shame secret and heavy; yet I come to ask for my good, I quake in fear lest my prayer be granted.

By touching you may kill, by keeping away you may possess.

The child ever dwells in the mystery of ageless time, unobscured by the dust of history.

In the mountain, stillness surges up to explore its own height. In the lake, movement stands still to contemplate its own depth.

The same stream of life that runs through the world runs through my veins night and day.

Some day I shall sing to thee in the sunrise of some other world, I have seen thee before in the light of the earth, in the love of man.

This little flute of a reed thou hast carried over hills and dales, and hast breathed through it melodies eternally new.

To the birds you gave songs, the birds gave you songs in return. You gave me only a voice, yet asked for more, thus I sing.

The music of the far-away summer flutters around the Autumn seeking its former nest.

Plunge into the deep without fear, with the gladness of April in your heart.

Alas, why are my nights all thus lost? Ah, why do I ever miss his sight whose breath touches my sleep?

Perhaps that dawn will come from this horizon, from the East where the sun rises. A day will come when unvanquished Man will retrace his path of conquest, despite all barriers, to win back his lost human heritage.