George William Russell: Quotes about love (page 2)

George William Russell was Irish writer, editor, critic, poet, and artistic painter. Explore interesting quotes on love.
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“Our love was so vast that it filled the heavens up:
But the soft white form I held was an empty cup,
When the willows called me back to earth with their sigh,
And we moved as shades through the deep that was you and I.”

George William Russell

The Nuts of Knowledge (1903)

Love

“You would have understood me, had you waited;
I could have loved you, dear! as well as he:
Had we not been impatient, dear! and fated
Always to disagree.”

George William Russell

You Would Have Understood Me

Love , Fate , Waiting

“Ah, when I think this earth on which we tread
Hath borne these blossoms of the lovely dead,
And made the living heart I love to beat,
I look with sudden awe beneath my feet
As you with erring reverence overhead.”

George William Russell

By Still Waters (1906)

Love , Thinking , Heart , Dead

“How shallow is this mere that gleams!
Its depth of blue is from the skies;
And from a distant sun the dreams
And lovely light within your eyes.”

George William Russell

By Still Waters (1906)

Love , Dreams , Light , Distant