“But youth is as a flowing stream, on whose current the shadow may rest but not remain.”
Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802–1838) English poet and novelist
Other Gift Books
Source: American on Purpose: The Improbable Adventures of an Unlikely Patriot
“But youth is as a flowing stream, on whose current the shadow may rest but not remain.”
Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802–1838) English poet and novelist
Other Gift Books
“It is brave to be involved
To be not fearful to be unresolved.”
Gwendolyn Brooks (1917–2000) American writer
"do not be afraid of no" from Annie Allen (1949)
José Martí (1853–1895) Poet, writer, Cuban nationalist leader
I (Yo soy un hombre sincero) as translated by Esther Allen in José Martí : Selected Writings (2002), p. 275
Simple Verses (1891)
Naum Gabo (1890–1977) Russian sculptor
Quote of Naum Gabo (1957), as cited in: Gabo: Construction, Sculpture, Paintings, Drawings, Engravings. p. 164.
1936 - 1977
“The one stream of poetry which is continually flowing is slang.”
G. K. Chesterton book The Defendant
"A Defence of Slang"
The Defendant (1901)
“So different, this man
And this woman:
A stream flowing
In a field.”
William Carlos Williams (1883–1963) American poet
Poetry Chicago, 1916)
Marriage (1916)