Demeter Quotes

“The words of gods and men are names of things
And thoughts accustom'd : but of things unknown
And unimagin'd are no words at all.”
― Robert Bridges, Demeter: A Mask

“Ah! can it be that out of sorrow's night,
From tears, from yearning pain, from long despair,
Into joy's sunlight I shall come again?”
― Robert Bridges, Demeter: A Mask

“If aid
I cannot, I can mightily avenge.
On irremediable wrong I shrink not
To pile immortal ruin, there to lie
As trophies on a carven tomb: nor less
For that no memory of my deed survive,
Nor any eye to see, nor tongue to tell.”
― Robert Bridges, Demeter: A Mask

“All emotions,
Whether of gods or men, all loves and passions,
Are of two kinds; they are either inform'd by wisdom,
To reason obedient, - or they are unconducted,
Flames of the burning life.”
― Robert Bridges, Demeter: A Mask