Vain vision! when the changing world each day Sees some such lordly pleasance pass away; When the mere stripling knows my symbols all Worn tokes, heaven hypothetical, Nature indifferent, and the dreams of men Figments of longing which we must condemn. Yet keep these plants, O Man! a kinder time May yet be moved by them to better rhyme, Or moved, like me, to place his pleasure low, On the firm Earth, whence Men and Blossoms grow.
A Quote by Ruth Pitter on day, dreams, earth, heaven, indifference, men, nature, plants, pleasure, time, vision, and world
Ruth Pitter
(1897 - 1992)
Source: Other People's Glasshouses, 1941
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