Dante Gabriel Rossetti Quotes

Love, which is quickly kindled in the gentle heart, seized this man for the fair form that was taken from me, the manner still hurts me. Love which absolves no beloved one from loving, seized me so strongly with his charm that, as thou seest, it does not leave me yet

Love is the last relay and ultimate outposts of eternity.

Beauty without the beloved is a like a sword through the heart.

Sudden Light I have been here before, But when or how I cannot tell: I know the grass beyond the door, The sweet keen smell, The sighing sound, the light around the shore.

Places that are empty of you are empty of life.

You have been mine before - How long ago I may not know: But just when at that swallow's soar, your neck turned so, Some veil did fall, - I knew it all of yore.

Sometimes thou seem'st not as thyself alone, But as the meaning of all things that are.

Was it a friend or foe that spread these lies; Nay, who but infants question in such wise, twas one of my most intimate enemies.

Your eyes smile peace.

I have been here before, But when or how I cannot tell: I know the grass beyond the door, The sweet keen smell, The sighing sound, the lights around the shore. ... You have been mine before, How long ago I may not know: But just when at that swallow's soar Your neck turned so, Some veil did fall - I knew it all of yore. Has this been thus before? And shall not thus time's eddying flight Still with our lives our love restore In death's despite, And day and night yield one delight once more

Look in my face; my name is Might-have-been; I am also call'd No-more, Too-late, Farewell.

The worst moment for the atheist is when he is really thankful and has nobody to thank.

The sea hath no king but God alone.

It is beautiful, the world, and life itself. I am glad I have lived.

The Wombat is a Joy, a Triumph, a Delight, a Madness!