“Lost in Hell,-Persephone,
Take her head upon your knee;
Say to her, "My dear, my dear,
It is not so dreadful here.”
― Collected Poems
Take her head upon your knee;
Say to her, "My dear, my dear,
It is not so dreadful here.”
― Collected Poems
“Set wide the window. Let me drink the day.”
― Artemis to Actaeon and Other Verses
― Artemis to Actaeon and Other Verses
“Before me floats an image, man or shade,
Shade more than man, more image than a shade;
For Hades' bobbin bound in mummy-cloth
May unwind the winding path;
A mouth that has no moisture and no breath
Breathless mouths may summon;
("Byzantium")”
― The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats
Shade more than man, more image than a shade;
For Hades' bobbin bound in mummy-cloth
May unwind the winding path;
A mouth that has no moisture and no breath
Breathless mouths may summon;
("Byzantium")”
― The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats
“I can't help it when people are frightened," says Merricat. "I always want to frighten them more.”
― We Have Always Lived in the Castle
― We Have Always Lived in the Castle
“William Shakespeare: My muse, as always, is Aphrodite.
Philip Henslowe: Aphrodite Baggett, who does it behind the Dog and Crumpet?”
― Shakespeare in Love: A Screenplay
Philip Henslowe: Aphrodite Baggett, who does it behind the Dog and Crumpet?”
― Shakespeare in Love: A Screenplay
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