George Darley (1795–1846) Irish poet, novelist, and critic
Poem Nepenthe
"Beatrice", in Beatrice, and other Poems (1868).
George Darley (1795–1846) Irish poet, novelist, and critic
Poem Nepenthe
“The bud is on the bough again,
The leaf is on the tree.”
Charles Jefferys (1807–1865) British music publisher
The Meeting of Spring and Summer, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
John Muir (1838–1914) Scottish-born American naturalist and author
page 438 <br class="br">Last lines of the documentary film series " The National Parks: America's Best Idea http://www.pbs.org/nationalparks/" by Ken Burns. <br class="br">John of the Mountains, 1938
Henry Beston (1888–1968) American writer
Source: The Outermost House: A Year of Life On The Great Beach of Cape Cod
“Moments like this are buds on the tree of life. Flowers of darkness they are.”
Virginia Woolf book Mrs Dalloway
Source: Mrs. Dalloway
“Now fields are green, and trees bear silver buds.”
John Ogilby (1600–1676) Scottish academic
The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro (2nd ed. 1654), Virgil's Bucolicks
Enya (1961) Irish singer, songwriter, and musician
Song lyrics, Amarantine (2005)
Robert G. Ingersoll (1833–1899) Union United States Army officer
Heretics and Heresies (1874)
Context: By this time the whole world should know that the real Bible has not yet been written, but is being written, and that it will never be finished until the race begins its downward march, or ceases to exist.
The real Bible is not the work of inspired men, nor prophets, nor apostles, nor evangelists, nor of Christs. Every man who finds a fact, adds, as it were, a word to this great book. It is not attested by prophecy, by miracles or signs. It makes no appeal to faith, to ignorance, to credulity or fear. It has no punishment for unbelief, and no reward for hypocrisy. It appeals to man in the name of demonstration. It has nothing to conceal. It has no fear of being read, of being contradicted, of being investigated and understood. It does not pretend to be holy, or sacred; it simply claims to be true. It challenges the scrutiny of all, and implores every reader to verify every line for himself. It is incapable of being blasphemed. This book appeals to all the surroundings of man. Each thing that exists testifies of its perfection. The earth, with its heart of fire and crowns of snow; with its forests and plains, its rocks and seas; with its every wave and cloud; with its every leaf and bud and flower, confirms its every word, and the solemn stars, shining in the infinite abysses, are the eternal witnesses of its truth.
Anacreon (-570–-485 BC) Greek lyric poet, notable for his drinking songs and hymns
Variant: Fruitful earth drinks up the rain, Trees from earth drink that again; The sea too drinks the air, the sun Drinks the sea, and him the moon. Is it reason, then, do ye think, That I should thirst when all else drink?
Source: Odes, 21.