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Herbert Trench
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“Come, let us make love deathless, thou and I, Seeing that our footing on the Earth is brief— Seeing that her multitudes sweep out to die Mocking at all that passes their belief.”
Herbert Trench (1865–1923) first seen 1901 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Come, let us make love deathless", in Deirdre Wed, and Other Poems (London: Methuen & Co., 1901), p. 69
“She comes not when Noon is on the roses— Too bright is Day. She comes not to the Soul till it reposes From work and play. But when Night is on the hills, and the great Voices Roll in from Sea, By starlight and by candlelight and dreamlight She comes to me.”
Herbert Trench (1865–1923) said by 1923 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“But she, like sighing forests, Stole on me—full of rest, Her hair was like the sea's wave, Whiteness was in her breast,— (So does one come, at night, upon a wall of roses.)”
Herbert Trench (1865–1923) said by 1923 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“O dreamy, gloomy, friendly Trees, ... Ye, vastest breathers of the air, Shook down with slow and mighty poise Your coolness on the human care, Your wonder on its toys, Your greenness on the heart's despair, Your darkness on its noise.”
Herbert Trench (1865–1923) first seen 1907 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: O dreamy, gloomy, friendly Trees", in New Poems (London: Meuthuen & Co., 1907), p. 54