I am like a tree,
From my top boughs I can see
The footprints that led up to me.
Quotes from Tares — R. S. Thomas
1913–2000 United Kingdom
10 quotes
It is too late to start
For destinations not of the heart.
I must stay here with my hurt.
Tares (1961)
I am a man now.
Pass your hand over my brow.
You can feel the place where the brains grow.
Tares (1961)
All right, I was Welsh. Does it matter?
Tares (1961)
There is blood in my veins
That has run clear of the stain
Contracted in so many loins.
Tares (1961)
Yet men sought us despite this.
Tares (1961)
Why are my hands this way
That they will not do as i say?
Does no God hear when I pray?
Tares (1961)
Why, then, are my hands red
with the blood of so many dead?
Is this where I was misled?
Tares (1961)
I have nowhere to go.
The swift satellites show
The clock of my whole being is slow.
Tares (1961)
Tares (1961)
Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: R. S. Thomas (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.