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Hilda Doolittle quotes: Not Godwith wine,nor death,nor hate for a cry,but God with a song Not God
with wine,
nor death,
nor hate for a cry,
but God with a song
Hilda Doolittle quotes: The heartthe heartthe hearthow it thrives on hate. The heart
the heart
the heart
how it thrives on hate.
Hilda Doolittle quotes: There is no man can take,there is no pool can slake,ultimately I am alone;ultimately I am done. There is no man can take,
there is no pool can slake,
ultimately I am alone;
ultimately I am done.
Hilda Doolittle quotes: Cheat me not with time,with the dull ache of flesh,for all flesh turns,even the loveliestankle and frail thigh,to bitterest dust. Cheat me not with time,
with the dull ache of flesh,
for all flesh turns,
even the loveliest
ankle and frail thigh,
to bitterest dust.
Hilda Doolittle quotes: The elixir of life, the philosopher's stoneis yours if you surrendersterile logic, trivial reason. The elixir of life, the philosopher's stone
is yours if you surrender
sterile logic, trivial reason.
Hilda Doolittle quotes: O happy, happy eachman whom predestined fateleads to the holy riteof hill and mountain worship. O happy, happy each
man whom predestined fate
leads to the holy rite
of hill and mountain worship.
Hilda Doolittle quotes: Fall the deep curtains,delicate the weave,fair the thread. Fall the deep curtains,
delicate the weave,
fair the thread.
Hilda Doolittle quotes: There must be real godssee, the painted godshow fair! There must be real gods
see, the painted gods
how fair!
Hilda Doolittle quotes: Light threatens, is active, is gone,so it is with a song. Light threatens, is active, is gone,
so it is with a song.
Hilda Doolittle quotes: Singand your hell is heaven,your heaven less hell. Sing
and your hell is heaven,
your heaven less hell.
Hilda Doolittle quotes: In my gardenthe winds have beatenthe ripe lilies;in my garden, the salthas wilted the first flakesof young narcissus. In my garden
the winds have beaten
the ripe lilies;
in my garden, the salt
has wilted the first flakes
of young narcissus.
Hilda Doolittle quotes: We are these people,wistful, ironical, wilful,who have no part innew-world reconstruction,in the confederacy of labour. We are these people,
wistful, ironical, wilful,
who have no part in
new-world reconstruction,
in the confederacy of labour.
Hilda Doolittle quotes: Every concrete objecthas abstract value, is timelessin the dream parallel. Every concrete object
has abstract value, is timeless
in the dream parallel.
Hilda Doolittle quotes: We don't have to know,only to be:let go the jumble of worn words,reason and vanity. We don't have to know,only to be:let go the jumble of worn words,reason and vanity.
Hilda Doolittle quotes: War is a fevered god who takes alike maiden and king and clod ... War is a fevered god who takes alike maiden and king and clod ...
Hilda Doolittle quotes: The Greeks have snatched up their spears.They have pointed the helms of their shipsToward the bulwarks of Troy. The Greeks have snatched up their spears.
They have pointed the helms of their ships
Toward the bulwarks of Troy.
Hilda Doolittle quotes: I had drawn away into the salt,myself, a shellemptied of life. I had drawn away into the salt,
myself, a shell
emptied of life.
Hilda Doolittle quotes: You are wind in a stark tree,you are the stark tree unbent,you are a strung bow,you are an arrow. You are wind in a stark tree,
you are the stark tree unbent,
you are a strung bow,
you are an arrow.
Hilda Doolittle quotes: One flower may slay the winterand meet death. One flower may slay the winter
and meet death.
Hilda Doolittle quotes: Dance until the earth dance. Dance until the earth dance.
Hilda Doolittle quotes: But beauty is set apart,beauty is cast by the sea,a barren rock,beauty is set aboutwith wrecks of ships ... But beauty is set apart,
beauty is cast by the sea,
a barren rock,
beauty is set about
with wrecks of ships ...
Hilda Doolittle quotes: Love that I bearwithin my breasthow is my armour meltedhow my heart Love that I bear
within my breast
how is my armour melted
how my heart
Hilda Doolittle quotes: Maidof the luminous grey-eyes,Mistressof honey and marble implacable white thighsand Goddess,chaste daughter of Zeus. Maid
of the luminous grey-eyes,
Mistress
of honey and marble implacable white thighs
and Goddess,
chaste daughter of Zeus.
Hilda Doolittle quotes: When you would think,"what was the use of it,"you'll remembersomething you can't graspand you'll wonderwhat it was. When you would think,
"what was the use of it,"
you'll remember
something you can't grasp
and you'll wonder
what it was.
Hilda Doolittle quotes: Thoth, Hermes, the stylus,the palette, the pen, the quill endure,though our books are a floorof smouldering ash under our feet. Thoth, Hermes, the stylus,
the palette, the pen, the quill endure,
though our books are a floor
of smouldering ash under our feet.
Hilda Doolittle quotes: The stallion and his mare,unbridled, with arrow-pattern,are worked on.the blue clothbefore the doorof religion and inspiration ... The stallion and his mare,
unbridled, with arrow-pattern,
are worked on.
the blue cloth
before the door
of religion and inspiration ...
Hilda Doolittle quotes: You will not seethat desire begetslove,until it all flamesinto one conciseand metallic blaze. You will not see
that desire begets
love,
until it all flames
into one concise
and metallic blaze.
Hilda Doolittle quotes: When the shingles hissedin the rain incendiary,other values were revealed to us When the shingles hissed
in the rain incendiary,
other values were revealed to us
Hilda Doolittle quotes: Ardentyet chill and formal,how I acheto tempt a chiselas a sculptor. Ardent
yet chill and formal,
how I ache
to tempt a chisel
as a sculptor.
Hilda Doolittle quotes: No one knows,the heart of a child,how it growsuntil it is too late. No one knows,
the heart of a child,
how it grows
until it is too late.
Hilda Doolittle quotes: Take what the old-churchfound in Mithra's tomb,candle and script and bell,take what the new-church spat uponand broke and shattered. Take what the old-church
found in Mithra's tomb,
candle and script and bell,
take what the new-church spat upon
and broke and shattered.
Hilda Doolittle quotes: I smiled,I waited,I was circumspect;O never, never, never write that Imissed life or loving. I smiled,
I waited,
I was circumspect;
O never, never, never write that I
missed life or loving.
Hilda Doolittle quotes: For this beauty,beauty without strength,chokes out life. For this beauty,
beauty without strength,
chokes out life.
Hilda Doolittle quotes: (Those women whom the distaffno longer claimsnor spun cloth)driven made,mad,madby Bacchus. (Those women whom the distaff
no longer claims
nor spun cloth)
driven made,
mad,
mad
by Bacchus.
Hilda Doolittle quotes: Lovers may come and go,there was the memory of blood,the low call. Lovers may come and go,
there was the memory of blood,
the low call.
Hilda Doolittle quotes: I spithoney out of my mouth:nothing is second-bestafter the sweet of Eros. I spit
honey out of my mouth:
nothing is second-best
after the sweet of Eros.
Hilda Doolittle quotes: I could not accept from wisdomwhat love taught,woman is perfect. I could not accept from wisdom
what love taught,
woman is perfect.
Hilda Doolittle quotes: The quiveringof Psyche's butterflies. The quivering
of Psyche's butterflies.
Hilda Doolittle quotes: Lift up our eyes to you?no, God, we stare and stare,upon a nearer thingthat greets us here,Death, violent and near. Lift up our eyes to you?
no, God, we stare and stare,
upon a nearer thing
that greets us here,
Death, violent and near.
Hilda Doolittle quotes: A slight wind shakes the seed-podsmy thoughts are spentas the black seeds. A slight wind shakes the seed-pods
my thoughts are spent
as the black seeds.
Hilda Doolittle quotes: For you are abstract,making no mistake,slurring no wordin the rhythm you make,the poem,writ in the air. For you are abstract,
making no mistake,
slurring no word
in the rhythm you make,
the poem,
writ in the air.
Hilda Doolittle quotes: Escapefrom the power of the hunting pack,and to know that wisdom is bestand beautysheer holiness. Escape
from the power of the hunting pack,
and to know that wisdom is best
and beauty
sheer holiness.
Hilda Doolittle quotes: Why wait for Death to mow?why wait for Death to sowus in the ground? Why wait for Death to mow?
why wait for Death to sow
us in the ground?
Hilda Doolittle quotes: Dead men would start and movetoward me to learn of love. Dead men would start and move
toward me to learn of love.
Hilda Doolittle quotes: Ah love is bitter and sweet,but which is more sweetthe bitterness or the sweetness,none has spoken it. Ah love is bitter and sweet,
but which is more sweet
the bitterness or the sweetness,
none has spoken it.
Hilda Doolittle quotes: I fear no man, no woman;flower does not fearbird, insect nor adder. I fear no man, no woman;
flower does not fear
bird, insect nor adder.
Hilda Doolittle quotes: The things I haveare nameless,old and true;they may not be named;few may live and know. The things I have
are nameless,
old and true;
they may not be named;
few may live and know.
Hilda Doolittle quotes: O ruthless, perilous, imperious hate,you can not thwartthe promptings of my soul. O ruthless, perilous, imperious hate,
you can not thwart
the promptings of my soul.
Hilda Doolittle quotes: Love is a garmentriven in the lightthat rises from Parnassus,showingthe night is over. Love is a garment
riven in the light
that rises from Parnassus,
showing
the night is over.
Hilda Doolittle quotes: The race may or may not be to the swift,but tell me, is it likelythat the fight will be entrusted to the dead? The race may or may not be to the swift,
but tell me, is it likely
that the fight will be entrusted to the dead?
Hilda Doolittle quotes: No poetic phantasybut a biological reality,a fact: I am an entitylike bird, insect, plantor sea-plant cell;I live; I am alive. No poetic phantasy
but a biological reality,
a fact: I am an entity
like bird, insect, plant
or sea-plant cell;
I live; I am alive.
Hilda Doolittle quotes: I will be free,no lover's kissto bind me to earth,no bliss of loveto counteractactual bliss. I will be free,
no lover's kiss
to bind me to earth,
no bliss of love
to counteract
actual bliss.
Hilda Doolittle quotes: Love, why have you sought the hordeof spearsmen, why the tentAchilles pitched beside the river-ford? Love, why have you sought the horde
of spearsmen, why the tent
Achilles pitched beside the river-ford?
Hilda Doolittle quotes: No one knows the colour of a flowertill it is broken. No one knows the colour of a flower
till it is broken.
Hilda Doolittle quotes: Music sets up ladders,it makes us invisible,it sets us apart,it lets us escape;but from the visiblethere is no escape. Music sets up ladders,
it makes us invisible,
it sets us apart,
it lets us escape;
but from the visible
there is no escape.
Hilda Doolittle quotes: Could beauty be beaten out,O youth the cities have sentto strike at each other's strength,it is you who have kept her alight. Could beauty be beaten out,
O youth the cities have sent
to strike at each other's strength,
it is you who have kept her alight.
Hilda Doolittle quotes: Who dreams of a son,save one,childless, having no brightface to flatter its own,who dreams of a son? Who dreams of a son,
save one,
childless, having no bright
face to flatter its own,
who dreams of a son?
Hilda Doolittle quotes: It is no madness to sayyou will fall, you great cities. It is no madness to say
you will fall, you great cities.
Hilda Doolittle quotes: The whole white world is ours. The whole white world is ours.
Hilda Doolittle quotes: My eye-balls are glass,my limbs marble,my face fixedin its marble mask. My eye-balls are glass,
my limbs marble,
my face fixed
in its marble mask.
Hilda Doolittle quotes: Long hourstrail in their purpleand long years are lostin just this momentwhile our souls are near,our mouths separate. Long hours
trail in their purple
and long years are lost
in just this moment
while our souls are near,
our mouths separate.
Hilda Doolittle quotes: I testifyto rainbow feathers, to the span of heavenand walls of colour,the colonnades of jasper. I testify
to rainbow feathers, to the span of heaven
and walls of colour,
the colonnades of jasper.
Hilda Doolittle quotes: Passionate grave thought,belief enhanced,ritual returned and magic. Passionate grave thought,
belief enhanced,
ritual returned and magic.
Hilda Doolittle quotes: Until it seems the whole city will be covered with gold pollen shaken from the bell-towers, lilies plundered with the weight of massive bees ... Until it seems the whole city will be covered with gold pollen shaken from the bell-towers, lilies plundered with the weight of massive bees ...

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