“Of all the clever people round me here
I most delight in Me –
Mine is the only voice I care to hear,
And mine the only face I like to see.”
"Home Thoughts in Bloomsbury," lines 1-4
Adamastor (1930)
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South African poet 1901–1957Related quotes
“All that's mine I carry with me.”
Omnia mea mecum porto.
Tudo que é meu eu carrego comigo.
“Opinions are like orgasms… mine matters most and I really don’t care if you have one.”
“Only in Canada could somebody with a voice like mine win 'Vocalist of the Year.”
First words of his speech accepting the Juno Award for Best Male Vocalist in Canada (1992)
“You are mine,” he rasped. “Only ever mine. I accept all that you are, and we can be together.”
Source: Wicked Nights
Song, To Celia, lines 1-16; this poem was inspired by "Letter XXIV" of Philostratus, which in translation reads: "Drink to me with your eyes alone…. And if you will, take the cup to your lips and fill it with kisses, and give it so to me".
The Works of Ben Jonson, First Folio (1616), The Forest
Context: Drink to me only with thine eyes,
And I will pledge with mine;
Or leave a kiss but in the cup
And I'll not look for wine.
The thirst that from the soul doth rise
Doth ask a drink divine;
But might I of Jove's nectar sup,
I would not change for thine.
I sent thee late a rosy wreath,
Not so much honoring thee
As giving it a hope that there
It could not withered be.
But thou thereon didst only breathe,
And sent'st it back to me;
Since when it grows and smells, I swear,
Not of itself, but thee.
Ibid., p. 182
The Book of Disquiet
Original: Penso as vezes, com um deleite triste, que se um dia, num futuro a que eu já não pertença, estas frases, que escrevo, durarem com louvor, eu terei enfim a gente que me "compreenda", os meus, a família verdadeiro para nela nascer e ser amado. [...] Serei compreendido só em efígie, quando a afeição já não compense a quem morreu a só desafeição que houve, quando vivo.