Slowly, silently, now the moon _x000D_ Walks the night in her silver shoon.
Walter De La MareRead
He got out of bed and peeped through the blinds. To the east and opposite to him gardens and an apple-orchard lay, and there in strange liquid tranquility hung the morning star, and rose, rilling into the dusk of night the first grey of dawn. The street beneath its autumn leaves was vacant, charmed, deserted.
Interpretation
What this quote means
The quote depicts a serene morning scene, emphasizing the beauty and tranquility of nature as dawn breaks.
In this quote, Walter De La Mare vividly captures a quiet moment as night transitions into day. The imagery of the morning star and the stillness of the surroundings evokes a sense of peace and calm, highlighting the beauty of nature in its early hours. It reflects both the solitude of the moment and the gentle arrival of dawn, inviting contemplation and appreciation for the natural world.
Themes
MorningTranquilityNatureDawnSerenityPeace
In practice
Example use cases
This quote can be used during a nature retreat to emphasize the beauty of early mornings.
More from Walter De La Mare
All quotes →Tell them I came, and no one answered, That I kept my word," he said. Never the least stir made the listeners, Though every word he spake Fell echoing through the shadowiness of the still house From the one man left awake: Ay, they heard his foot upon the stirrup, And the sound of iron on stone, And how the silence surged softly backward, When the plunging hoofs were gone.
Walter De La MareRead
Very old are the woods; And the buds that break Out of the brier's boughs, When March winds wake, So old with their beauty are-- Oh, no man knows Through what wild centuries Roves back the rose.
Walter De La MareRead
Similar quotes
We cannot remember too often that when we observe nature, and especially the ordering of nature, it is always ourselves alone we are observing.
Georg C. LichtenbergRead
Next to the laborer in the fields, the walker holds the closest relation to the soil; and he holds a closer and more vital relation to nature because he is freer and his mind more at leisure.
John BurroughsRead
A widening circle of researchers believes that the loss of natural habitat, or the disconnection from nature even when it is available, has enormous implications for human health and child development. They say the quality of exposure to nature affects our health at an almost cellular level.
Richard LouvRead
It was kind of a beautiful day, finally real summer in Indianapolis, warm and humid - the kind of weather that reminds you after a long winter that while the world wasn't built for humans, we were built for the world.
John GreenRead
Those fields of daisies we landed on, and dusty fields and desert stretches. Memories of many skies and earths beneath us - many days, many nights of stars.
Anne Morrow LindberghRead
I believe climate change is real and that we can save our planet while creating millions of good-paying clean energy jobs.
Hillary ClintonRead