#poetry

And I or you pocketless of a dime, may purchase the pick of the earth. ↗

#highland #leaves-of-grass #nature #poetry #song

Hay una estrella mas abierta que la palabra 'amapola'? Is there a star more wide open than the word 'poppy"? ↗

The Mississippi and its paddle boats, and the rivers of Bengal and their gleaming steamers evoked a similar atmosphere of romance, of long, song-filled voyages, high winds and lonely sunsets. ↗

— Qurratulain Hyder

#nature #poetry #nature

This world that was our home for a brief spell never brought us anything but pain and grief; its a shame that not one of our problems was ever solved. We depart with a thousand regrets in our hearts. ↗

— Omar Khayyám

#grief #home #life #pain #poetry

The bustle in a house The morning after death Is solemnest of industries Enacted upon earth,-- The sweeping up the heart, And putting love away We shall not want to use again Until eternity ↗

— Emily Dickinson

#poetry #death

He feeds upon her face by day and night, And she with true kind eyes looks back on him, Fair as the moon and joyful as the light: Not wan with waiting, not with sorrow dim; Not as she is, but was when hope shone bright; Not as she is, but as she fills his dream. ↗

— Christina Rossetti

#gabriel-rossetti #lizzie-siddal #poetry #pre-raphaelite #dreams

You said one day you would come back for us The ones that believed in you The ones that asked you into their hearts The ones that served you ↗

— April Nichole

#poetry #religious #faith

All my life I have been faithful to love. ↗

— Jaroslav Seifert

#poetry #faith

Don't fall asleep yet. Contrary to popular belief, that's not where dreams get accomplished. ↗

— George Watsky

#dream #dreams #drunk #george-watsky #god

Far away, our dreams have nothing to do with what we do. The wind carries the night, and passes on, aimless. ↗