Light Poem

Famous quotes containing the words light and/or poem:

    “Mysterious Night! when our first parent knew
    Thee from report divine, and heard thy name,
    Did he not tremble for this lovely frame,
    This glorious canopy of light and blue?”
    —Joseph Blanco White (1775–1841)

    “A poem should be equal to:
    Not true.

    For all the history of grief
    An empty doorway and a maple leaf.”
    —Archibald MacLeish (1892–1982)