“Rustic herald of the spring.”
Book II, Ode III: "To the Cuckoo", stanza i, line 1
Odes on Several Subjects (1745)
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English poet and physician 1721–1770Related quotes
“The first day of spring is one thing, and the first spring day is another.”
Fisherman's Luck http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext97/fshlk10.txt, ch. 5 (1899)
Context: The first day of spring is one thing, and the first spring day is another. The difference between them is sometimes as great as a month.
“The Upper Springs and the Nether Springs; or, Life Hid With Christ In God (1882), p. 26.”
“Life springs from death; and from the graves of patriot men and women spring living nations.”
Closing words of graveside oration at the funeral of Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa, 1 August 1915. The Cause Of Ireland, Liz Curtis, Beyond the Pale Publications, Belfast 1994, pg 266
Context: Our foes are strong and wise and wary; but, strong and wise and wary as they are, they cannot undo the miracles of God Who ripens in the hearts of young men the seeds sown by the young men of a former generation. And the seeds sown by the young men of '65 and '67 are coming to their miraculous ripening today. Rulers and Defenders of the Realm had need to be wary if they would guard against such processes. Life springs from death; and from the graves of patriot men and women spring living nations. The Defenders of this Realm have worked well in secret and in the open. They think that they have pacified Ireland. They think that they have purchased half of us and intimidated the other half. They think that they have foreseen everything, think that they have provided against everything; but, the fools, the fools, the fools! — They have left us our Fenian dead, and while Ireland holds these graves, Ireland unfree shall never be at peace.
"Spring", p. 61. Compare: "Oh, East is East and West is West and never the twain shall meet", Rudyard Kipling.
Along the Trail (1898)
