I plucked a honeysuckle where The hedge on high is quick with thorn, And climbing for the prize, was torn, And fouled my feet in quag-water; And by the thorns and by the wind The blossom that I took was thinn'd, And yet I found it sweet and fair. Dante Gabriel Rossetti More Quotes by Dante Gabriel Rossetti More Quotes From Dante Gabriel Rossetti The worst moment for the atheist is when he is really thankful and has nobody to thank. Dante Gabriel Rossetti worst-moments atheist thankful Beauty without the beloved is a like a sword through the heart. Dante Gabriel Rossetti beloved heart I have been here before, But when or how I cannot tell: I know the grass beyond the door, The sweet keen smell, The sighing sound, the lights around the shore. ... You have been mine before, How long ago I may not know: But just when at that swallow's soar Your neck turned so, Some veil did fall - I knew it all of yore. Has this been thus before? And shall not thus time's eddying flight Still with our lives our love restore In death's despite, And day and night yield one delight once more Dante Gabriel Rossetti sweet night fall It is beautiful, the world, and life itself. I am glad I have lived. Dante Gabriel Rossetti world-and-life beautiful world Places that are empty of you are empty of life. Dante Gabriel Rossetti empty You have been mine before - How long ago I may not know: But just when at that swallow's soar, your neck turned so, Some veil did fall, - I knew it all of yore. Dante Gabriel Rossetti soulmate long-ago fall Look in my face; my name is Might-have-been; I am also call'd No-more, Too-late, Farewell. Dante Gabriel Rossetti farewell names opportunity The Wombat is a Joy, a Triumph, a Delight, a Madness! Dante Gabriel Rossetti delight triumph joy The sea hath no king but God alone. Dante Gabriel Rossetti ocean kings beach Gather a shell from the strewn beach Dante Gabriel Rossetti echoes sea beach Love, which is quickly kindled in the gentle heart, seized this man for the fair form that was taken from me, the manner still hurts me. Love which absolves no beloved one from loving, seized me so strongly with his charm that, as thou seest, it does not leave me yet Dante Gabriel Rossetti taken hurt heart Love is the last relay and ultimate outposts of eternity. Dante Gabriel Rossetti lasts eternity love Sudden Light I have been here before, But when or how I cannot tell: I know the grass beyond the door, The sweet keen smell, The sighing sound, the light around the shore. Dante Gabriel Rossetti light doors sweet If God in his wisdom have brought closeThe day when I must die,That day by water or fire or airMy feet shall fall in the destined snareWherever my road may lie. Dante Gabriel Rossetti fire lying fall Your eyes smile peace. Dante Gabriel Rossetti eye I am not as these are, the poet saithIn youth's pride, and the painter, among menAt bay, where never pencil comes nor pem Dante Gabriel Rossetti youth poet pride So Spring comes merry towards me here, but earns Dante Gabriel Rossetti flower spring art Sometimes thou seem'st not as thyself alone, But as the meaning of all things that are. Dante Gabriel Rossetti all-things seems sometimes Her hair that lay along her back Dante Gabriel Rossetti blonde hair yellow And Love, our light at night and shade at noon,Lulls us to rest with songs, and turns awayAll shafts of shelterless tumultuous day. Dante Gabriel Rossetti light song night
