"Orphean" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... is men grow, 160 Whether to weeds or flowers; but for me, There is no depth to strike in: I can see Nought earthly worth my compassing; so stand Upon a misty, jutting head of land— Alone? No, no; and by the Orphean lute, When mad Eurydice is listening to't; I'd rather stand upon this misty peak, With not a thing to sigh for, or to seek, But the soft shadow of my thrice-seen love, Than be—I care not what. O meekest dove 170 Of heaven! O Cynthia, ten-times bright and fair! From thy ...
— Endymion - A Poetic Romance • John Keats
... Though Fear flaunt all his banners in my face, And my feet stumble, lo! the Orphean Day! Forward by ...
— The Book of American Negro Poetry • Edited by James Weldon Johnson |
