Amy Lowell

Moon! Moon! I am prone before you. Pity me, and drench me in loneliness. ↗

— Amy Lowell

#before #i #i am #loneliness #me

Time! Joyless emblem of the greed of millions, robber of the best which earth can give. ↗

— Amy Lowell

#earth #emblem #give #greed #millions

You are ice and fire the touch of you burns my hands like snow. ↗

— Amy Lowell

#fire #hands #ice #like #snow

I am tired, beloved, of chafing my heart against the want of you; of squeezing it into little ink drops, and posting it. And I scald alone, here, under the fire of the great moon. ↗

— Amy Lowell

#alone #am #beloved #drops #fire

Hate is ravening vulture beaks descending on a place of skulls. ↗

— Amy Lowell

#hate #place #skulls #vulture

In science, read by preference the newest works. In literature, read the oldest. The classics are always modern. ↗

— Amy Lowell

#classics #literature #modern #newest #oldest

Take everything easy and quit dreaming and brooding and you will be well guarded from a thousand evils. ↗

— Amy Lowell

#brooding #dreaming #easy #everything #evils

A man must be sacrificed now and again to provide for the next generation of men. ↗

— Amy Lowell

#generation #man #men #must #next

All books are either dreams or swords, you can cut, or you can drug, with words. ↗

— Amy Lowell

#cut #dreams #either #swords #words