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Flower Quotes - Page 17

Gather the rose of love whilst yet is time.

'The Faerie Queen' (1596) bk. 2, canto 12, st. 75

How does the Meadow flower its bloom unfold? Because the lovely little flower is free down to its root, and in that freedom bold.

William Wordsworth (1994). “The Collected Poems of William Wordsworth”, p.277, Wordsworth Editions

The bud may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flower.

William Cowper (1874). “The poetical works of William Cowper, ed: with notes and biographical introd. by William Benham”, p.34

I, too, find the flower beautiful in its outward appearance. But a deeper beauty lies concealed within.

Piet Mondrian, Harry Holtzman, Martin S. James (1986). “The new art--the new life: the collected writings of Piet Mondrian”, Twayne Pub

Humility is a strange flower; it grows best in winter weather, and under storms of affliction.

Samuel Rutherford (1885). “Quaint Sermons of Samuel Rutherford: Hitherto Unpublished”

The first wild-flower of the year is like land after sea.

Thomas Wentworth Higginson (2007). “Outdoor Studies, Poems”, p.59, Reprint Services Corporation

Believe that the world is an ethereal flower, and ye live.

Jack Kerouac (1986). “The Dharma Bums”, p.137, Penguin