Ralph Hodgson Quotes

• Some things have to be believed to be seen.

  Ralph Hodgson

  Faith, Angel, Vision

  Ralph Hodgson (1961). “Collected Poems”, London, Macmillan

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• The handwriting on the wall may be a forgery.

  Ralph Hodgson

  Wall, Handwriting, May

  Ralph Hodgson (1961). “Collected Poems”, London, Macmillan

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• Time, you old gipsy man, Will you not stay, Put up your caravan Just for one day?

  Ralph Hodgson

  Time, Men, One Day

  Poems (1917) "Time, You Old Gipsy Man"

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• Did anyone ever have a boring dream?

  Ralph Hodgson

  Dream, Boring

  Ralph Hodgson (1961). “Collected Poems”, London, Macmillan

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• I did not pray Him to lay bare
  The mystery to me,
  Enough the rose was Heaven to smell,
  And His own face to see.

  Ralph Hodgson

  Prayer, Smell, Rose

  Ralph Hodgson (1961). “Collected Poems”, London, Macmillan

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• I saw with open eyes, Singing birds sweet, Sold in the shops, For the people to eat, Sold in the shops of, Stupidity Street.

  Ralph Hodgson

  Sweet, Eye, People

  Ralph Hodgson (2004). “The Last Blackbird and Other Poems by Ralph Hodgson”

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• Without a wish, without a will, I stood upon that silent hill And stared into the sky until My eyes were blind with stars and still I stared into the sky.

  Ralph Hodgson

  Stars, Eye, Sky

  1917 'Song of Honour'.

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• God loves an idle rainbow, no less than laboring seas.

  Ralph Hodgson

  Sea, Rainbow, God Love

  Ralph Hodgson, “Reason Has Moons”

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