No sight is more provocative of awe than is the night sky

Quote by Llewelyn Powys

Topics: Night Quotes, Poetry Quotes

The world is in need of less religion and more common sense

The world is in need of less religion and more common sense

No sight that human eyes can look upon is more provocative of awe than is...

No sight that human eyes can look upon is more provocative of awe than is...

Think of your own faults the first part of the night when you are awake,...

Think of your own faults the first part of the night when you are awake,...

When owl sings, the night is silent.

When owl sings, the night is silent.

And there was no reason for them to be dancing the Peter Lake could see,...

And there was no reason for them to be dancing the Peter Lake could see,...

A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment...

A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment...

The man who has seen the rising moon break out of the clouds at midnight...

The man who has seen the rising moon break out of the clouds at midnight...

After winter comes the summer. After night comes the dawn. After every storm, there comes...

After winter comes the summer. After night comes the dawn. After every storm, there comes...

Nights are long since you've been away, I dream of you all through the day,...

Nights are long since you've been away, I dream of you all through the day,...

Las Vegas looks the way you'd imagine heaven must look at night.

Las Vegas looks the way you'd imagine heaven must look at night.

Night brings our troubles to the light, rather than banishes them.

Night brings our troubles to the light, rather than banishes them.

Make sure you never, never argue at night. You just lose a good night's sleep,...

Make sure you never, never argue at night. You just lose a good night's sleep,...

After winter comes the summer. After night comes the dawn. After every storm, there comes...

After winter comes the summer. After night comes the dawn. After every storm, there comes...

Night hovers all day in the boughs of the fir tree.

Night hovers all day in the boughs of the fir tree.

My arms have mutinied against me brutes! My fingers fidget like ten idle brats, My...

My arms have mutinied against me brutes! My fingers fidget like ten idle brats, My...

Poetry surrounds us everywhere, but putting it on paper is, alas, not so easy as...

Poetry surrounds us everywhere, but putting it on paper is, alas, not so easy as...

When power leads man towards arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows...

When power leads man towards arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows...

In the television age, the key distinction is between the candidate who can speak poetry...

In the television age, the key distinction is between the candidate who can speak poetry...

Judges, like the criminal classes, have their lighter moments

Judges, like the criminal classes, have their lighter moments

Was it for this the clay grew tall?

Was it for this the clay grew tall?