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John Donne 115
English poet 1572–1631Related quotes
“Days decrease, / And autumn grows, autumn in everything.”
“The Autumn seems to cry for thee,
Best lover of the Autumn-days!”
Cousin Helen's Visit (1935).
Source: Something Wicked This Way Comes
The Winter Pear; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“With the ripening of the fruits in Autumn”
Source: De architectura (The Ten Books On Architecture) (~ 15BC), Book II, Chapter IX, Sec. 2
Context: With the ripening of the fruits in Autumn the leaves begin to wither and the trees, taking up their sap from the earth through the roots, recover themselves and are restored to their former solid texture. But the strong air of winter compresses and solidifies them.
“Eyes raised towards Heaven are always beautiful, whatever they be.”
“The sin forgiven by Christ in Heaven
By man is cursed alway.”
Unseen Spirits.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations (1919)