Gold Leaves

Famous quotes containing the words gold and/or leaves:

    “In the gold mouth of a flower
    the black smell of spring earth.
    No more skulls on our desks
    but the pervasive
    testing of death....”
    —Denise Levertov (b. 1923)

    “He leaves a white
    Unbroken glory, a gathered radiance,
    A width, a shining peace, under the night.”
    —Rupert Brooke (1887–1915)