AMY LOWELL QUOTES III

American poet (1874-1925)

Then I see you,
Standing under a spire of pale blue larkspur,
With a basket of roses on your arm.
You are cool, like silver,
And you smile.
I think the Canterbury bells are playing little tunes.

AMY LOWELL

"Madonna of the Evening Flowers", Pictures of the Floating World


Witches are moon-birds,
Witches are the women of the false, beautiful moon.

AMY LOWELL

"Witch-Woman"

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Poets are always the advance guard of literature; the advance guard of life. It is for this reason that their recognition comes so slowly.

AMY LOWELL

preface, Tendencies in Modern Poetry

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

AMY LOWELL

"The Revenge", The New Republic, July 12, 1922

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