In darkness and in hedges
More quotes by W. D. Snodgrass
The sleek, expensive girls I teach,
Younger and pinker every year,
Bloom gradually out of reach.
You must call up every strength you own
And you can rip off the whole facial mask.
I have not learned how often I
Can win, can love, but choose to die.
You may also like
Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind,
And therefore is wing'd Cupid painted blind.
To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.
Not for the body, but for the heart; companion and company are needed.
Love seldom haunts the breast where learning lies,
And Venus sets ere Mercury can rise.
Attribution
Quote text and notes from Wikiquote: W. D. Snodgrass (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Source quality and labels are our own summary of what Wikiquote records.