So your life was like a sphere's:
One side, all aglow, meets day,
And the other turned away,
Icy-strange and cold appears,
Overhung with starry tears.
(The Spirit Of The Gay)
More Quotes from George William Russell:
Oh, must we use the iron hand,And mask with hate the holy breath,
With alien voice give love's command,
As they through love the call of death?
George William Russell
Where was Thy place, O Light of Lights?
George William Russell
The blue dusk ran between the streets: my love was winged within my mind,
It left to-day and yesterday and thrice a thousand years behind.
George William Russell
A friend I greet
In each flower and tree and wind-
Oh, but life is sweet, is sweet!
George William Russell
Though the dream of love may tire,
In the ages long agone
There were ruby hearts of fire-
Ah, the daughters of the dawn!
George William Russell
What of all the heart to love?
George William Russell
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