Richard Hovey Professions : PoetBorn : May 4, 1864Died : February 24, 1900 Browse All Authors Top 19 quotes by Richard Hovey I do not know beneath what sky nor on what seas shall be thy fate; I only know it shall be high, I only know it shall be great. Richard Hovey fatedestinysea I am sick of four walls and a ceiling Richard Hovey wallsicksky Spring in the world! And all things are made new! Richard Hovey aprilspringworld For 't is always fair weather When good fellows get together With a stein on the table and a good song ringing clear. Richard Hovey weathersongthank-you The East and the West in the spring of the world shall blend / As a man and a woman that plight / Their troth in the warm spring night. Richard Hovey springmennight I have need of the sky, Richard Hovey glassesskyclouds Our cheer goes back to them, the valiant dead! Laurels and roses on their graves to-day, lilies and laurels over them we lay, and violets o'er each unforgotten head. Richard Hovey memorial-daycheeruplifting Ye who made war that your ships Should lay to at the beck of no nation, Make war now on Murder, that slips The leash of her hounds of damnation; Ye who remembered the Alamo, Remember the Maine! Richard Hovey maineshipswar East, to the dawn, or west or south or north! Richard Hovey necksfatedawn Love seeks a guerdon; friendship is as God,Who gives and asks no payment. Richard Hovey askspaymentgiving How loving is the Lord God and how strong withal! Richard Hovey lord-godstronglord The great white cold walks abroad! Richard Hovey coldwalkswhite Fair weather weddings make fair weather lives. Richard Hovey fairsweather I am fevered with the sunset, I am fretful with the bay, For the wander-thirst is on me And my soul is in Cathay. Richard Hovey sunsetsoultravel Who would not rather flounder in the fight than not have known the glory of the fray? Richard Hovey failurefightingglory There is no sorrow like a love denied. Nor any joy like love that has its will. Richard Hovey like-lovelost-lovejoy Nor love they least Richard Hovey beastbattlefighting And you prate of the wealth of nations, as if it were bought and sold, The wealth of nations is men, not silk and cotton and gold. Richard Hovey cottongoldmen EXPRESSIONS Look without! Behold the beauty of the day, The shout of color to glad color, rocks and trees, and sun and seas, and wind and sky: All these are God's expression, art work of His hand, which men must love ere they can understand. Richard Hovey godmenart Similar Authors Abdellatif Laabi poet Ihara Saikaku poet Abram Joseph Ryan poet Ingeborg Bachmann poet Izumi Shikibu poet Bion of Smyrna poetAll Authors
