“How can a bird that is born for joy
Sit in a cage and sing?”
William Blake (1757–1827) English Romantic poet and artist
“To speak of joy and to sing of it, borne on
The shoulders of joyous men, to feel the heart
That is the common, the bravest fundament, This is a facile exercise”
Notes Toward a Supreme Fiction (1942), It Must Give Pleasure
Help us to complete the source, original and additional information
Do you have more details about the quote "To speak of joy and to sing of it, borne on
The shoulders of joyous men, to feel the heart
That is the common, the br…" by Wallace Stevens?
Wallace Stevens278
American poet 1879–1955Related quotes
Madeleine L'Engle (1918–2007) American writer
Section 1.16 <!-- p. 49 -->
The Crosswicks Journal, A Circle of Quiet (1972)
Context: When a child who has been conceived in love is born to a man and a woman, the joy of that birth sings throughout the universe. The joy of writing or painting is much the same, and the insemination comes not from the artist himself but from his relationship with those he loves, with the whole world.
All real art is, in its true sense, religious; it is a religious impulse; there is not such thing as a non-religious subject.
“When I cannot sing my heart, I can only speak my mind.”
John Lennon (1940–1980) English singer and songwriter
"Julia" (1968); these lines were adapted from lines of Sand and Foam (1926) by Khalil Gibran: "When life does not find a singer to sing her heart she produces a philosopher to speak her mind."
Lyrics
“The bravest thing that men do is love women.”
Mort Sahl (1927–2021) American comedian and actor
Relationships
Tammy Smith (1963) United States Army officer
Quoted on Yahoo News, "Meet Brig. Gen. Tammy Smith, the first openly gay U.S. general" http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/meet-brig-gen-tammy-smith-us-first-openly-211521611.html, August 13, 2012.
Han-shan Chinese monk and poet
Translated by Mary Jacob[citation needed]
It is unlikely that this poem, translated by Mary Jacob, is authored by Han-shan. In comparing it with every poem in the corpus it will be found that there is not a close match. Moreover, neither the language nor the content of this poem is that of Han-shan. Most importantly, this poem does not have the appropriate number of lines for a Han-shan poem. Jacob's poem has 9 lines; there is not a single example of a 9 line poem in all of Han-shan's poetry. All of Han-shan's poems are 4, 8, 10 or 14 lines, with a few that have more than 14. Further, Jacob's poem has an odd number of lines; there is not a single example of a poem with an odd number of lines in all of Han-shan's poetry. Finally, the 9th and final line in Jacob's poem has the words “ha ha ha.” Not a single Han-shan poem has those words as a final line. Perhaps someone is having a joke?
Disputed
“When Life does not find a singer to sing her heart she produces a philosopher to speak her mind.”
Khalil Gibran (1883–1931) Lebanese artist, poet, and writer
Sand and Foam (1926)
Marianne Williamson (1952) American writer
Source: A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of "A Course in Miracles"