Thomas Sturge Moore quotes

" A sheep in sheep's clothing. " # Leaders and Leadership

" Then, cleaving the grass, gazelles appear (The gentler dolphins of kindlier waves) With sensitive heads alert of ear; Frail crowds that a delicate hearing saves. " # Work # Sensitivity # Death and Dying

" For milkmaids and queens and gipsy-princesses Dream and kiss blindfold or starve upon guesses. " # Cities and City Life # Love # Dreams

" Break free, my soul, good manners are thy tomb! " # Manners # Freedom # Love

" "Shells with lip, or tooth, or bleeding gum, Tell-tale shells, and shells that whisper 'Come', Shells that stammer, blush, and yet are dumb – " "O let me hear!" " # Speech # Embarrassment # Music

" In my opinion Mr. Moore is a greater poet than Mr. Yeats. He has lived obscurely, and has not displayed Mr. Yeats's talent for self-dramatization; for these reasons and others he has never become a public figure or a popular writer. " # Writers and Writing # Poetry and Poets # Opinions