亨利·库伊勒·邦纳

Quotes

• “Shake was a dramatist of note;He lived by writing things to quote.”
• “What does he plant who plants a tree?He plants the friend of sun and sky;He plants the flag of breezes free;The shaft of beauty, towering high;He plants a home to heaven anighFor song and mother-croon of birdIn hushed and happy twilight heard—The treble of heaven's harmony—These things he plants who plants a tree.”
• “What, know you not […]That love must kiss that Mortal’s eyesWho hopes to see fair Arcady?No gold can buy you entrance there;But beggared Love may go all bare—No wisdom won with weariness;But Love goes in with Folly’s dress—No fame that wit could ever win;But only Love may lead Love inTo Arcady, to Arcady.”
• “Ah woe is me, through all my days Wisdom and wealth I both have got,And fame and name and great men’s praise; But Love, ah! Love I have it not.”
• “A pitcher of mignonette,In a tenement's highest casement:Queer sort of flower-pot—yetThat pitcher of mignonetteIs a garden in heaven set,To the little sick child in the basement—The pitcher of mignonette,In the tenement's highest casement.”
• “Off with your hat as the flag goes by!And let the heart have its say;You're man enough for a tear in your eyeThat you will not wipe away.”

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