Clinton Scollard quotes

“In the under-wood and the over-wood there is murmur and trill this day, For every bird is in lyric mood, And the wind will have its way.”
-- Clinton Scollard

Source : Clinton Scollard (1916). “Ballads, Patriotic & Romantic”

#Inspirational Quotes #Wind Quotes #Bird Quotes

“Upon my lips the breath of song, Within my heart a rhyme, Howe'er time trips or lags along, I keep abreast with time!”
-- Clinton Scollard

Source : Clinton Scollard (1916). “Ballads, Patriotic & Romantic”

#Song Quotes #Time Quotes #Heart Quotes

“Mortals, while through the world you go, Hope may succor and faith befriend, Yet happy your hearts if you can but know, Love awaits at the journey's end!”
-- Clinton Scollard

#Life Quotes #Heart Quotes #Journey Quotes

“And from the phlox and mignonette Rich attars drift on every hand; And when star-vestured twilight comes The pale moths weave a saraband. And crickets in the aisles of grass With their clear fifing pierce the hush; And somewhere you many hear anear The passion of the hermit thrush.”
-- Clinton Scollard

#Stars Quotes #Twilight Quotes #Passion Quotes

“A bird in the boughs sang "June," And "June" hummed a bee In a Bacchic glee As he tumbled over and over Drunk with the honey-dew.”
-- Clinton Scollard

Source : CLINTON SCOLLARD (1888). “OLD AND NEW WORLD LYRICS”

#Summer Quotes #June Quotes #Drunk Quotes

“To heal mine aching moods, Give me God's virgin woods.”
-- Clinton Scollard

Source : Clinton Scollard (1906). “Easter-song: Lyrics and Ballads of the Joy of Spring-time”

#Giving Quotes #Woods Quotes #Mood Quotes

“It is daffodil time, so the robins all cry, For the sun's a big daffodil up in the sky, And when down the midnight the owl call to-whoo! Why, then the round moon is a daffodil too; Now sheer to the bough-tops the sap starts to climb, So, merry my masters, it's daffodil time.”
-- Clinton Scollard

Source : Clinton Scollard (1916). “Ballads, Patriotic & Romantic”

#Moon Quotes #Sky Quotes #Owl Quotes

“Some must delve when the dawn is nigh; Some must toil when the noonday beams; But when might comes, and the soft winds sigh, Every man is a King of Dreams.”
-- Clinton Scollard

#Dream Quotes #Kings Quotes #Men Quotes

“O the wind is a faun in the spring time When the ways are green for the tread of the May! List! hark his lay! Whist! mark his play! T-r-r-r-l! Hear how gay!”
-- Clinton Scollard

#Spring Quotes #Gay Quotes #Wind Quotes

“Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.”

“When I cannot understand my Father's leading, And it seems to be but hard and cruel fate, Still I hear that gentle whisper ever pleading, God is working, God is faithful-Only wait.”

“Inspiration may be a form of superconsciousness, or perhaps of subconsciousness - I wouldn't know. But I am sure it is the antithesis of self-consciousness.”

“There, like the wind through woods in riot, Through him the gale of life blew high; The tree of man was never quiet: Then 'twas the Roman, now 'tis I.”

“Sun and wind and beat of sea, Great lands stretching endlessly... Where be bonds to bind the free? All the world was made for me!”

Source : Adelaide Crapsey, “Adventure”

“The oldOld winds that blewWhen chaos was, what doThey tell the clattered trees that IShould weep?”

“For in the voyage of the heart, there is a freight of hatred, and the wind of wrath blows shrill.”

“The bird is powered by its own life and by its motivation.”

“It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.”

“I don't mind being 65, but nobody is gonna tell me to come in at 5:30 to have the early bird special.”