Occupation: Poet Birth: June 1, 1878 Death: May 12, 1967
Men in a ship are always looking up, and men ashore are usually looking down..
Success is the brand on the brow of the man who aimed too low..
Humans consist of body, mind and imagination. Our bodies are faulty, our minds untrustworthy, but our imagination has made us remarkable..
Quinquireme of Nineveh from distant Ophir, Rowing home to haven in sunny Palestine, With a cargo of ivory, And apes and peacocks, Sandalwood, cedarwo….
It's a warm wind, the west wind, full of birds' cries; I never hear the west wind but tears are in my eyes. For it comes from the west lands, the old….
All I ask is a tall ship and a star to sail her by..
God warms his hands at man's heart when he prays..
The days that make us happy make us wise.
To most of us the future seems unsure. But then it always has been; and we who have seen great changes must have great hopes..
My road leads me seawards To the white dipping sails..
Once in a century a man may be ruined or made insufferable by praise. But surely once in a minute something generous dies for want of it..
Life, a beauty chased by tragic laughter..
Love is a flame to set the will on fire.
The three foundations of judgement: Bold Design, Constant Practice, and Frequent Mistakes..
I have seen flowers come in stony places And kind things done by men with ugly faces, And the gold cup won by the worst horse at the races, So I trus….
And may we find when ended is the page, Death but a tavern on our pilgrimage..
God dropped a spark down into everyone, And if we find and fan it to a blaze, It'll spring up and glow, like--like the sun, And light the wandering o….
I must go down to the sea again, to the lonely sea and the sky; and all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by..
There are few earthly things more beautiful than a university a place where those who hate ignorance may strive to know, where those who perceive tru….
Man's body is faulty, his mind untrustworthy, but his imagination has made him remarkable..
So shall I fight, so shall I tread, In this long war beneath the stars; So shall a glory wreathe my head, So shall I faint and show the scars, Until ….