Any recommendations of poetry quotes?
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I am a lay person when it comes to poetry. But i really enjoyed quotations of popular poetry in films and other media.
Tried to look through poetry in books and websites but didn't really enjoy them. Any recommendations of short poetry quotes that I can dig into?
Some examples of what I am looking for...
From Charlie Kaufman's movie "Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind". Originally Eloise to Abelard by Alexander Pope:
How happy is the blameless Vestal's lot!
The world forgetting, by the world forgot;
Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind!
Each pray'r accepted, and each wish resign'd.
And death shall have no dominion, Dylan Thomas. Learnt it from "Solaris":
And death shall have no dominion.
Dead men naked they shall be one
With the man in the wind and the west moon;
When their bones are picked clean and the clean bones gone,
They shall have stars at elbow and foot;
Though they go mad they shall be sane,
Though they sink through the sea they shall rise again;
Though lovers be lost love shall not;
And death shall have no dominion.
William Blake, everyone's favourite:
To see a world in a grain of sand
And a heaven in a wild flower,
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand
And eternity in an hour.
Love poetry quotes are very welcomed.
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From Ode on a Grecian Urn by Keats,
"Beauty is truth, truth beauty," - that is all
Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know. -
Interesting post!
I love that one from Eternal Sunshine....made a huge impact on me
Another fave is from that fabulous love story -Tristan & Isolde, for me, it's so touchingly poignant.
"My face in thine eyes, thine in mine appears,
And true plain hearts do in the faces rest;
Where can we find two better hemispheres,
Without sharp north, without declining west?
Whatever dies, was not mixed equally;
If our two loves be one, or thou and I.
Love so alike, that none do slacken, none can die."
---John Donne - 'Good Morrow' -
Hmm. I think you are most likely to find them in British films.
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Hmmmm...anymore recommendations?
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Here is a list for your reference.Originally posted by clementius:Hmmmm...anymore recommendations?