From Matthew Arnold: We cannot kindle when we will The fire which in the heart resides, The spirit bloweth and is still; In mystery our soul abides.
Tag Archives: poetry
Quote of the day 04/28/25
From William Blake: “Man’s perceptions are not bound by Organs of Perception. He perceives more than Sense (tho’ ever so acute) can discover. The Desire of Man being Infinite, the possession is Infinite, and himself Infinite.”
Quote of the day 04/27/25
From Taliessin: “The wind without flesh, without bone, without veins, without feet, is strong; the wind has no wants, but the sea whitens when he comes out of nothing.”
Quote of the day 04/26/25
From William Blake: “One thought fills immensity.”
Quote of the day 04/25/25
From William Blake: “Everything possible to be believ’d is an image of truth.”
Quote of the day 04/22/25
From William Wordsworth: “In ourselves our safety must be sought.By our own right hand it must be wrought.”
Quote of the day 04/21/25
From William Wordsworth: One impulse from a vernal woodMay teach you more of man,Of moral evil and of good,Than all the sages can.
Quote of the day 04/20/25
From William Wordsworth: “and we shall findA pleasure in the dimness of the stars.”
Quote of the day 04/19/25
From William Wordsworth: “Poetry is the first and last of all knowledge – it is as immortal as the heart of man.”
Quote of the day 04/18/25
From William Wordsworth: Sweet is the lore which nature brings;Our meddling intellectMisshapes the beauteous forms of things—We murder to dissect.