~William Wordsworth, "Lines Written in Early Spring," 1798 Through primrose tufts, in that green bower, ~Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grassįling out their purple trumpets to the wind,. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Gifts"Ī morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books. these delicate flowers look like the frolic and interference of love and beauty. Vincent Millay, "Afternoon on a Hill," 1917įlowers and fruits are always fit presents flowers because they are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of the world. ~James Rigg, "Preface," Wild Flower Lyrics and Other Poems, 1897 kiss the clear brooks and mountain wells. smile upon us and cheer and bless us in our country rambles. (Bricks to all greenhouses! Black thumb and cutworm to the potted plant!) ~Edward Abbey, "Cliffrose and Bayonets," Desert Solitaire, 1968 ~Iris Murdoch, A Fairly Honourable Defeat, 1970įor myself I hold no preferences among flowers, so long as they are wild, free, spontaneous. People from a planet without flowers would think we must be mad with joy the whole time to have such things about us. Procter, in Life Thoughts, 1858Įarth laughs in flowers. S EE A LSO: ROSES & THORNS, POET'S FLOWER, GARDENS, BEES, BUTTERFLIES, HUMMINGBIRDS, LADYBUGS, NATURE, SPRING, TREES, WEEDS, COLOR –ღTerriįlowers are the sweetest things that God ever made, and forgot to put a soul into. Welcome to my page of quotations about flowers - colorful artwork of the earth and one of Mother Nature's most beautiful gifts.
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