Coventry Patmore Quotes
Top 33 wise famous quotes and sayings by Coventry Patmore
Coventry Patmore Famous Quotes & Sayings
Discover top inspirational quotes from Coventry Patmore on Wise Famous Quotes.
What a Lover sees in the Beloved is the projected shadow of his own potential beauty in the eyes of God.
I drew my bride, beneath the moon,Across my threshold; happy hour!But, ah, the walk that afternoonWe saw the water-flags in flower!
The more wild and incredible your desire, the more willing and prompt God is in fulfilling it, if you will have it so.
To one who waits, all things reveal themselves so long as you have the courage not to deny in the darkness what you have seen in the light.
Kind souls, you wonder why, love you, When you, you wonder why, love none We love, Fool, for the good we do, Not that which unto us is done!
Ah, whither shall a maiden flee, When a bold youth so swift pursues, And siege of tenderest courtesy, With hope perseverant, still renews!
Let me love Thee so that the honour, riches, and pleasures of the world may seem unworthy even of hatred - may not even be encumbrances.
Creation differs from subsistence only as the first leap of a fountain differs from its continuance.
A saint is a person who does almost everything any other decent person does, only somewhat better and with a totally different motive.
To him that waits all things reveal themselves, provided that he has the courage not to deny, in the darkness, what he has seen in the light.