What did Thomas Gray mean by: E’en from the tomb the voice of nature cries, E’en in our ashes live their wonted fires. - Thomas Gray Poet · England Copy
+ Men will believe anything at all provided they are under no obligation to believe it. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Thomas Gray, Belief, Believe, 0 - Thomas Gray Poet · England
+ Chill penury repress’d their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Thomas Gray, Noble, Poverty, Soul, 0 - Thomas Gray Poet · England
+ Dear as the light that visits these sad eyes, Dear as the ruddy drops that warm my heart. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Thomas Gray, Eye, Heart, 0 - Thomas Gray Poet · England
+ The insect-youth are on the wing, Eager to taste the honied spring, And float amid the liquid noon! Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Thomas Gray, Spring, Taste, Wings, 0 - Thomas Gray Poet · England
+ When love could teach a monarch to be wise, And gospel-light first dawn’d from Bullen’s eyes. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Thomas Gray, Eye, Love, Wise, 0 - Thomas Gray Poet · England
+ O’er her warm cheek, and rising bosom, move The bloom of young Desire and purple light of love. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Thomas Gray, Love, 0 - Thomas Gray Poet · England
+ Hands that the rod of empire might have sway’d, Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Thomas Gray, Hands, 0 - Thomas Gray Poet · England
+ The hues of bliss more brightly glow, Chastis’d by sabler tints of woe. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Thomas Gray, Bliss, Woe, 0 - Thomas Gray Poet · England
The heart desires, the hand refrains. The Godhead fires, the soul attains. - William Morris Designer · England
Books can ignite fires in your mind, because they carry ideas for kindling, and art for matches. - Gary D. Schmidt Author
Nothing is lost and nothing is created in the operations of art as those of nature. - Louis Pasteur Microbiologist · France
But sure there is need of other remedies than dreaming, a weak contention of art against nature. - Michel de Montaigne Philosopher · France
If I were of the trade, I should naturalize art as much as they “artialize” nature. - Michel de Montaigne Philosopher · France
The flower is the poetry of reproduction. It is an example of the eternal seductiveness of life. - Jean Giraudoux Playwright · France
Oh God, if you want women to never again raise their voices, then create an adult man! - Jean Giraudoux Playwright · France
