The Cats of Rome Quotes

“In a cool solitude of trees
Where leaves and birds a music spin,
Mind that was weary is at ease,
New rhythms in the soul begin.

- In a Cool Solitude of Trees”
― William Kean Seymour, The Cats of Rome: New and Selected Poems

“Kindness is goodness hidden in the heart
More often than declared in speech.

- Kindness”
― William Kean Seymour, The Cats of Rome: New and Selected Poems

“Kindness is in a prison till it finds
Release in words or deeds.

- Kindness”
― William Kean Seymour, The Cats of Rome: New and Selected Poems

“This I have known, and these have come again
With echoing happiness in heart and brain;
Time standing still, surrendering to me
Beauty that otherwise would cease to be.

- Time Stands”
― William Kean Seymour, The Cats of Rome: New and Selected Poems

“More congenial to me than dictators
Are rickshaw-runners.

If they break my neck
It will be by accident,
Not as a matter of state policy.”
― William Kean Seymour, The Cats of Rome: New and Selected Poems

“Do not be too sure, young fellows,
That you are better than your ancestors.”
― William Kean Seymour, The Cats of Rome: New and Selected Poems

“Let us reach out before our life is done,
Challenging fate
For one experience beneath the sun
We dare not formulate.

- Experience”
― William Kean Seymour, The Cats of Rome: New and Selected Poems

“I eat you, life; you make me living eat.

- The Word”
― William Kean Seymour, The Cats of Rome: New and Selected Poems