“I find earth not gray but rosy;
Heaven not grim but fair of hue.”
"At the 'Mermaid'"(1876).
Context: I find earth not gray but rosy;
Heaven not grim but fair of hue.
Do I stoop? I pluck a posy; Do I stand and stare? All's blue.
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English poet and playwright of the Victorian Era 1812–1889Related quotes
“I’ve moved heaven and earth to find you.”
Source: The Skin Map (2010), p. 420
Sir Marmaduke's Musings, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“I find both humor and grimness in most issues.”
[NewsBank, E1, That science guy is back, in 'Eyes of Nye', Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Seattle, Washington, April 5, 2005, Tom Paulson]
No. XV
Songs of Travel and Other Verses (1896)
“Heaven on Earth is a choice you
must make, not a place you must find.”
"Loved with Everlasting Love," Baptist Hymn Book (Pasalms and & Hymns Trust, London, 1962)
The Shepherd's Resolution; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919). Compare: "If she undervalue me, What care I how fair she be?", Sir Walter Raleigh, Poem.
George Wither, "The Lover's Resolution" http://www.bartleby.com/101/237.html.
Misattributed
speaking to an NRA group
[Huckabee, Fluent in the NRA’s Language, Jim, Geraghty, 2007-09-21, National Review, http://www.nationalreview.com/campaign-spot/11849/huckabee-fluent-nras-language, 2011-03-01]