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Poppies Quotes

Through the dancing poppies stole A breeze, most softly lulling to my soul.

Through the dancing poppies stole A breeze, most softly lulling to my soul.

John Keats (1818). “Endymion: A Poetic Romance”, p.30

And far and wide, in a scarlet tide, The poppy's bonfire spread.

Bayard Taylor (1857). “Poems of the Orient”, p.20

I survived, carried on, glad to be like a weed, a wild red poppy, rooted in life.

Marilyn Buck (2012). “Inside/Out: Selected Poems”, p.56, City Lights Publishers

In Flanders fields the poppies blow.

"In Flanders Fields" l. 1 (1915)

Yes, linseed oil. I used to use poppy oil, but I have heard that poppy oil is given to cracking pigment too, so I use it no longer.

'Oral history interview with Edward Hopper' conducted by John Morse, 'Archives of American Art', Smithsonian Institution, June 17, 1959.

The poppies hung Dew-dabbled on their stalks.

John Keats (1871). “Poetical Works”, p.24

I'm not a big disco guy. Some of that English techno-poppy stuff wouldn't get me in the mood either.

"Jersey Devil". Interview with Andrew Goldman, www.elle.com. February 9, 2006.

All panegyrics are mingled with an infusion of poppy.

Jonathan Swift, David Laing Purves (1871). “The Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D.: Carefully Selected; with a Biography of the Author”, p.520

Such a blush In the midst of brown was born, Like red poppies grown with corn.

Thomas Hood (1860). “The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood”, p.148

Kissing Mother Superior, incompetent, hairball, poppy seeds, on the can.

Jennifer Egan (2010). “A Visit from the Goon Squad”, p.28, Anchor