WIST Quotations

Lowell, Amy -- “Sword Blades and Poppy Seed,” l. 291 (1914)

Dave — Thu, 06 Jul 2017 17:38:40 +0000

All books are either dreams or swords,
You can cut, or you can drug, with words.

Amy Lowell (1874-1925) American poet
“Sword Blades and Poppy Seed,” l. 291 (1914)
(Source)

See Howell (1659).

Lowell, Amy -- “The Boston Athenaeum,” A Dome of Many-Coloured Glass (1912)

Dave — Fri, 14 Jul 2017 00:58:24 +0000

For books are more than books, they are the life
The very heart and core of ages past,
The reason why men lived and worked and died,
The essence and quintessence of their lives.

Amy Lowell (1874-1925) American poet
“The Boston Athenaeum,” A Dome of Many-Coloured Glass (1912)

Lowell, Amy -- Tendencies in Modern American Poetry, Preface (1917)

Dave — Thu, 08 Sep 2022 19:30:37 +0000

Conservatives are always with us, they have been opposing change ever since the days of the cave-man. But, fortunately for mankind, they agitate in vain.

Amy Lowell (1874-1925) American poet
Tendencies in Modern American Poetry, Preface (1917)
(Source)