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Theodore Roethke: I wake to...

Theodore Roethke: I wake to...

I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.
I learn by going where I have to go.


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Henry John Newbolt: Now the sunset...

Henry John Newbolt: Now the sunset...

Now the sunset breezes shiver,
And she's fading down the river,
But in England's song for ever
She's the...

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Delmore Schwartz: Time is the...

Delmore Schwartz: Time is the...

Time is the school in which we learn,
Time is the fire in which we burn.


Source:...

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Richard Lovelace: If I have...

Richard Lovelace: If I have...

If I have freedom in my love, And in my soul am free,
-- Angels alone that soar above, Enjoy such...

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Richard Lovelace: Lady, it is...

Richard Lovelace: Lady, it is...

Lady, it is already morn,
And 'twas last night I swore to thee
That fond...

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Anne Bradstreet: Thou ill-form,d offspring...

Anne Bradstreet: Thou ill-form,d offspring...

Thou ill-form,d offspring of my feeble brain . . .

Source: From the Author to her...

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Thomas Campbell: While Memory watches...

Thomas Campbell: While Memory watches...

While Memory watches o'er the sad review
Of joys that faded like the morning dew.


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Rupert Brooke: War knows no...

Rupert Brooke: War knows no...

War knows no power. Safe shall be my going,
Secretly armed against all death's endeavour;
Safe though all...

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Rupert Brooke: For Cambridge people...

Rupert Brooke: For Cambridge people...

For Cambridge people rarely smile,
Being urban, squat, and packed with guile.


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Ogden Nash: Middle age is...

Ogden Nash: Middle age is...

Middle age is when you're sitting at home on Saturday night and the telephone rings and you hope it isn't for...

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Ogden Nash: How easy for...

Ogden Nash: How easy for...

How easy for those who do not bulge
To not overindulge!


Source: A Necessary...

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Antonin Artaud: There is in...

Antonin Artaud: There is in...

There is in every madman a misunderstood genius whose idea, shining in his head, frightened people, and for whom...

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Antonin Artaud: Tragedy on the...

Antonin Artaud: Tragedy on the...

Tragedy on the stage is no longer enough for me, I shall bring it into my own life.

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Friedrich von Schiller: Man is an...

Friedrich von Schiller: Man is an...

Man is an imitative creature.

Source: In Webster's Electronic Quotebase, ed. Keith...

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Jean Anouilh: Some men like...

Jean Anouilh: Some men like...

Some men like to make a little garden out of life and walk down a path.

Source: In...

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Jean Anouilh: It takes a...

Jean Anouilh: It takes a...

It takes a certain courage and a certain greatness to be truly base.

Source: Le...

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Martial: To the ashes...

Martial: To the ashes...

To the ashes of the dead glory comes too late.

Source: Epigrams, I, 25, A.D. 86;...

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Douglas Jerrold: Some people are...

Douglas Jerrold: Some people are...

Some people are so fond of ill-luck that they run half-way to meet it.

Source: In...

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Thomas Tusser: Seek home for...

Thomas Tusser: Seek home for...

Seek home for rest,
For home is best.


Source: Five Hundred Points of Good...

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Thomas Tusser: Naught venture naught...

Thomas Tusser: Naught venture naught...

Naught venture naught have.

Source: October's Abstract.
-- Thomas Tusser, ( ...

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