Great Short Poems Quotes

“Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine; Or leave a kiss but in the cup, And I’ll not look for wine.”
― Paul Negri, Great Short Poems

“Then since we mortal lovers are, Ask not how long our love will last; But while it does, let us take care Each minute be with pleasure past: Were it not madness to deny To live because we’re sure to die?”
― Paul Negri, Great Short Poems

“Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.”
― Paul Negri, Great Short Poems

“Memory My mind lets go a thousand things, Like dates of wars and deaths of kings, And yet recalls the very hour—’T was noon by yonder village tower, And on the last blue noon in May—The wind came briskly up this way, Crisping the brook beside the road; Then, pausing here, set down its load Of pine-scents, and shook listlessly Two petals from that wild-rose tree.”
― Paul Negri, Great Short Poems

“Flower in the Crannied Wall Flower in the crannied wall,
I pluck you out of the crannies,
I hold you here, root and all, in my hand,
Little flower—but if I could understand
What you are, root and all, and all in all,
I should know what God and man is.”
― Paul Negri, Great Short Poems

“So We’ll Go No More a-Roving So, we’ll go no more a-roving So late into the night, Though the heart be still as loving, And the moon be still as bright. For the sword outwears its sheath, And the soul outwears the breast, And the heart must pause to breathe, And love itself have rest. Though the night was made for loving, And the day returns too soon, Yet we’ll go no more a-roving By the light of the moon.”
― Paul Negri, Great Short Poems

“The Kiss ‘I saw you take his kiss!’ “Tis true.’ ‘O modesty!’ “Twas strictly kept: He thought me asleep—at least, I knew He thought I thought he thought I slept.”
― Paul Negri, Great Short Poems

“The heart out of the bosom Was never given in vain; ‘Tis paid with sighs a plenty And sold for endless rue.” And I am two-and-twenty, And oh, ‘tis true, ’tis true. Into”
― Paul Negri, Great Short Poems