R.H.Dickinson Quotes

In the name of the bee And of the butterfly And of the breeze, amen!

IMMORTAL is an ample word When what we need is by, But when it leaves us for a time, 'Tis a necessity.

Growing older doesnt bother me.

A Letter is a Joy of Earth - It is denied the Gods

Suspense-is Hostiler than Death-Death- tho soever Broad, Is just Death, and cannot increase- Suspense-does not conclude-.

A courteous, yet harrowing Grace, As Guest, that would be gone

I took one Draught of Life - I'll tell you what I paid - Precisely an existence - The market price, they said.

This so much joy! This so much joy! If I should fail, what poverty! And yet, as poor as I Have ventured all upon a throw; Have gained! Yes! Hesitated so this side the victory!

in this short life that only lasts ah hour how much-how little-is within our power.

Angels in the early morning may be seen the dews among. Stooping, plucking, smiling, flying. Do the buds to them belong?

Answer July- Where is the Bee- Where is the Blush- Where is the Hay? Ah, said July- Where is the Seed- Where is the Bud- Where is the May- Answer Thee-Me-

I . . . am small, like the wren, and my hair is bold like the chestnut burr; and my eyes like the sherry in the glass that the guest leaves.

To die before one fears to die may be a boon.

Initial of Creation, and The Exponent of Earth

God gave a loaf to every bird, But just a crumb to me.

Nature is what we know - Yet have not art to say - So impotent our wisdom is To her simplicity.

His mind of man, a secret makes I meet him with a start he carries a circumference in which I have no part.

Why should we censure Othello when the Criterion Lover says, "Thou shalt have no other Gods before Me"?

Will you tell me my fault, frankly as to yourself, for I had rather wince, than die. Men do not call the surgeon to commend the bone, but to set it, Sir.

The abdication of Belief Makes the Behavior small- Better an ignis fatuus Than no illume at all.

A guy called Arthur Brown... was a big influence of mine... and also Ian Anderson from Jethro Tull.

The mountain at a given distance In amber lies; Approached, the amber flits a little,-- And that's the skies!

There is a pain so utter, it swallows being up; The covers the abyss with a trance So memory can step around, across, upon it.

My only sketch, profile, of Heaven is a large blue sky, and larger than the biggest I have seen in June - and in it are my friends - every one of them.

Healthy boundaries are important, but you may be building a brick wall when a picket fence would do.

The Spider as an Artist Has never been employed- Though his surpassing Merit Is freely certified.

What will the solemn Hemlock- What will the Oak tree say?

[from a reader] I hope she learns to look for the joy in life instead of picking out negatives - it will change her life for the better.

Do not make your current partner pay for the crimes and misdemeanors of your previous partners.

MY river runs to thee: Blue sea, wilt welcome me? My river waits reply. Oh sea, look graciously! I ’ll fetch thee brooks From spotted nooks,— Say, sea, Take me!

How frugal is the chariot that bears a human soul.

All promises are empty - until they are fulfilled.

"Don't be stupid!" is excellent advice.

The Morning after Woe- Tis frequently the Way- Surpasses all that rose before- For utter Jubilee-.

To lose ones faith-surpass The loss of an Estate- Because Estates can be Replenished- faith cannot-.

I tasted - careless - then - I did not know the Wine Came once a World - Did you? Oh, had you told me so - This Thirst would blister - easier - now

To venerate the simple days Which lead the seasons by, Needs but to remember That from you or I They may take the trifle Termed mortality!

Victory comes late-- And is held low to freezing lips-- Too rapt with frost To take it

Beauty crowds me till I die.

There is nothing more painful than being rejected simply for being who you are.

Mothers don't let your daughters grow up to be models unless you're present.

I got a book deal without even turning in one shred of a writing sample.

We trust in plumed procession For such the angels go Rank after rank, with even feet/And uniforms of snow.

All things do go a-courting, In earth, or sea, or air, God hath made nothing single But thee in His world so fair.

The Soul unto itself Is an imperial friend, - Or the most agonizing Spy - An Enemy - could send -

My friends are my estate. Forgive me then the avarice to hoard them!

Portrait The world spreads out on either side no farther than the heart is wide.

I cannot live with you, It would be life, And life is over there Behind the shelf

I don't profess to be profound; but I do lay claim to common sense.

The spreading wide my narrow Hands / To gather Paradise-.