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Famous Richard Hovey Quotes

“I have need of the sky,
I have business with the grass;
I will up and get me away where the hawk is wheeling
Lone and high,
And the slow clouds go by.
I will get me away to the waters that glass
The clouds as they pass.
I will get me away to the woods.”

Richard Hovey

"I have Need of the Sky", p. 56.
Along the Trail (1898)

“In all climes we pitch out tents,
Cronies of the elements,
With the secret lords of birth
Intimate and free.”

Richard Hovey

The Wander-lovers.

“The East and the West in the spring of the world shall blend
As a man and a woman that plight
Their troth in the warm spring night.”

Richard Hovey

"Spring", p. 61. Compare: "Oh, East is East and West is West and never the twain shall meet", Rudyard Kipling.
Along the Trail (1898)

“Who would not rather founder in the fight
Than not have known the glory of the fray?”

Richard Hovey

"Two and Fate", p. 29.
Along the Trail (1898)

“For ’t is always fair weather
When good fellows get together
With a stein on the table and a good song ringing clear.”

Richard Hovey

"Spring", p. 60.
Along the Trail (1898)

“There are worser ills to face
Than foemen in the fray;
And many a man has fought because—
He feared to run away.”

Richard Hovey

Act. iv. Sc. 3.
The Marriage of Guenevere (1891)

Richard Hovey Quotes about love

“How loving is the Lord God and how strong withal!”

Richard Hovey

"Benzaquen", p. 109.
Along the Trail (1898)

“Nor love they least
Who strike with right good will
To vanquish ill
And fight God’s battle upward from the beast.”

Richard Hovey

"The Call of the Bugles", p. 15.
Along the Trail (1898)

“There is no sorrow like a love denied
Nor any joy like love that has its will.”

Richard Hovey

Act i. Sc. 3.
The Marriage of Guenevere (1891)

“Love seeks a guerdon; friendship is as God,
Who gives and asks no payment.”

Richard Hovey

Act i. Sc. 1.
The Marriage of Guenevere (1891)