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Stopford Brooke Quotes

A little sun, a little rain, A soft wind blowing from the west, And woods and fields are sweet again, And warmth within the mountain's breast A little love, a little trust, A soft impulse, a sudden dream, And life as

A little sun, a little rain, A soft wind blowing from the west, And woods and fields are sweet again, And warmth within the mountain's breast A little love, a little trust, A soft impulse, a sudden dream, And life as dry as desert dust, Is fresher than a mountain stream.

Stopford Brooke
Life, Dream, Sweet
Stopford Augustus Brooke (1889). “Poems”

If a thousand old beliefs were ruined in our march to truth we must still march on.

Stopford Brooke
Truth, Belief, March
Stopford Augustus Brooke (1872). “Christ in modern life: sermons”, p.235

I dreamed of myself in a dream, and told the dream, which was mine, as if it were another person's of whom I dreamed. Indeed what is life when thinking of the past, but dreaming of a dream dreamt by another who seems to be oneself?

Stopford Brooke
Dream, Past, Thinking

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