John O'Donohue (1956–2008) Irish writer, priest and philosopher
Source: To Bless the Space Between Us: A Book of Invocations and Blessings
Source: Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom
John O'Donohue (1956–2008) Irish writer, priest and philosopher
Source: To Bless the Space Between Us: A Book of Invocations and Blessings
Walt Whitman (1819–1892) American poet, essayist and journalist
Youth, Day, Old Age and Night
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
“O me, you juggler, you canker-blossom, you thief of love!”
William Shakespeare A Midsummer Night's Dream
Source: A Midsummer Night's Dream
William Shakespeare book Sonnets to Sundry Notes of Music
Sonnets to Sundry Notes of Music, II. Not to be confused with The Sonnets; this poem is not a sonnet
“Mourn, ye Graces and Loves, and all you whom the Graces love. My lady's sparrow is dead, the sparrow my lady's pet, whom she loved more than her own eyes.”
Lugete, O Veneres Cupidinesque,
Et quantum est hominum venustiorum.
Passer mortuus est meae puellae,
Passer, deliciae meae puellae.
Gaio Valerio Catullo list of poems by Catullus
III, lines 1–4
Lord Byron's translation:
Ye Cupids, droop each little head,
Nor let your wings with joy be spread:
My Lesbia's favourite bird is dead,
Whom dearer than her eyes she loved.
Carmina
“Let the black flower blossom as it may!”
Nathaniel Hawthorne book The Scarlet Letter
Source: The Scarlet Letter (1850), Chapter XIV: Hester and the Physician
Ramakrishna (1836–1886) Indian mystic and religious preacher
Source: The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna (1942), p. 465
Marguerite Bourgeoys (1620–1700) French colonist and foundress
The Writings of Marguerite Bourgeoys, p. 205
Wolfram von Eschenbach book Parzival
Artûs der meienbære man,
swaz man ie von dem gesprach,
zeinen pfinxten daz geschach,
odr in des meien bluomenzît.
Bk. 6, st. 281, line 16; p. 147.
Parzival
Jonathan Edwards (1703–1758) Christian preacher, philosopher, and theologian
Source: The Religious Affections