15 quotes
A boy's will is the wind's will,
And the thoughts of youth are long, long thoughts.
Nature is a revelation of God; Art a revelation of mankind.
Then stars arise, and the night is holy.
Hyperion (1839)
Nature with folded hands seemed there,
Kneeling at her evening prayer!
All things are symbols: the external shows
Of Nature have their image in the mind,
As flowers and fruits and falling of the leaves.
O holy Night! from thee I learn to bear
What man has borne before!
Thou layest thy fingers on the lips of Care,
And they complain no more.
And the night shall be filled with music,
And the cares, that infest the day,
Shall fold their tents, like the Arabs,
And as silently steal away.
The Belfry of Bruges and Other Poems (1845)
No tears
Dim the sweet look that Nature wears.
The natural alone is permanent.
Kavanagh: A Tale (1849)
The prayer of Ajax was for light;
Through all that dark and desperate fight,
The blackness of that noonday night.
I heard the trailing garments of the Night
Sweep through her marble halls!
I saw her sable skirts all fringed with light
From the celestial walls!
Voices of the Night (1839)
Chill airs and wintry winds! my ear
Has grown familiar with your song;
I hear it in the opening year,
I listen, and it cheers me long.
The shades of night were falling fast,
As through an Alpine village passed
A youth, who bore, 'mid snow and ice,
A banner with the strange device,
Excelsior!
Ballads and Other Poems (1842)
See yonder fire! It is the moon
Slow rising o'er the eastern hill.
It glimmers on the forest tips,
And through the dewy foliage drips
In little rivulets of light,
And makes the heart in love with night.
I hear the wind among the trees
Playing the celestial symphonies;
I see the branches downward bent,
Like keys of some great instrument.