Walter de la Mare: Quotes about beauty

Walter de la Mare was English poet and fiction writer. Explore interesting quotes on beauty.
Walter de la Mare: 66   quotes 3   likes

“But beauty vanishes; beauty passes;
However rare—rare it be;
And when I crumble, who will remember
This lady of the West Country?”

Walter de la Mare

An Epitaph.

Beauty , Country

“Who knocks?’ ‘I, who was beautiful,
Beyond all dreams to restore,
I from the roots of the dark thorn am hither,
And knock on the door.”

Walter de la Mare

The Ghost.

Beauty , Dreams

“For beauty with sorrow
Is a burden hard to be borne:
The evening light on the foam, and the swans, there;
That music, remote, forlorn.”

Walter de la Mare

The Old Summerhouse.

Beauty , Music , Light

“Here lies a most beautiful lady,
Light of step and heart was she;
I think she was the most beautiful lady
That ever was in the West Country.”

Walter de la Mare

An Epitaph.

Beauty , Thinking , Light , Heart