Amy Lowell Quotes

To understand Vers libre, one must abandon all desire to find in it the even rhythm of metrical feet. One must allow the lines to flow as they will when read aloud by an intelligent reader.

Fifteen millions of soldiers with popguns and horses All bent upon killing, because their "of courses" Are not quite the same.

Brighter than fireflies upon the Uji River are your words in the dark, Beloved.

I should like to bring a case to trial: Prosperity versus Beauty, Cash registers teetering in a balance against the comfort of the soul.

Moon! Moon! I am prone before you. Pity me, and drench me in loneliness.

Happiness to some is elation to others it is mere stagnation.

Christ! What are patterns for?

All books are either dreams or swords.

A black cat among roses, phlox, lilac-misted under a quarter moon, the sweet smells of heliotrope and night-scented stock. The garden is very still.It is dazed with moonlight, contented with perfume...

For books are more than books, they are the lifeThe very heart and core of ages past, The reason why men lived and worked and died, The essence and quintessence of their lives.

You are ice and fire The touch of you burns my hands like snow