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Silently one by one, in the infinite meadows of heaven,
Blossomed the lovely stars, the forget-me-nots of the angels.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow1807–1882Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie (1847), Part I, section 3.
If spring came but once in a century, instead of once a year, or burst forth with the sound of an earthquake, and not in silence, what wonder and expectation there would be in all hearts to behold the miraculous change!
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow1807–1882Kavanagh: A Tale (1849), Chapter 13.
By the shores of Gitche Gumee,
By the shining Big-Sea-Water,
Stood the wigwam of Nokomis
Daughter of the Moon, Nokomis.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow1807–1882The Song of Hiawatha (1855), III. Hiawatha’s ChildhoodIn context
Should you ask me, whence these stories?
Whence these legends and traditions,
With the odors of the forest,
With the dew and damp of meadows,
With the curling smoke of wigwams,
With the rushing of great rivers,
With their frequent repetitions,
And their wild reverberations,
As of thunder in the mountains?
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow1807–1882The Song of Hiawatha (1855), IntroductionIn context
- Poetry
West of Arkham the hills rise wild, and there are valleys with deep woods that no axe has ever cut.
H. P. Lovecraft1890–1937The Colour Out of Space (1927)
The laws of nature are sublime, but there is a moral sublimity before which the highest intelligences must kneel and adore.
Horace Mann1796–1859A Few Thoughts for a Young Man (1850), pp. 37–38
- Morality
By health I mean the power to live a full, adult, living, breathing life in close contact with what I love — the earth and the wonders thereof — the sea — the sun.
Katherine Mansfield1888–1923Entry in her journal (10 October 1922) which she tore out to send to John Middleton Murry, before changing her mind
- Health
I must down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky,
And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by,
John Masefield1878–1967Sea-Fever (1902)In context
Slowly I discovered the secret of my art. It consists of a meditation on nature, on the expression of a dream which is always inspired by reality.
Henri Matisse1869–1954“Interview with Henri Matisse” by Jacques Guenne, L’Art Vivant (15 September 1925), translated by Jack Flam in Matisse on Art (1995)
- Art
An artist must possess Nature. He must identify himself with her rhythms, by effort that will prepare the mastery which will later enable him to express himself in his own language.
Henri Matisse1869–1954Letter to Henry Clifford (14 February 1948)
- Art
The world has created no living thing that it does not intend to destroy.
Cormac McCarthy1933–2023Stella Maris (2022)
- Life & Death
There are no passengers on Spaceship Earth. We are all crew.
Marshall McLuhan1911–1980Lecture “Living in an Acoustic World”, University of South Florida (1970)
- Responsibility
Yes, as every one knows, meditation and water are wedded for ever.
Herman Melville1819–1891Moby-Dick (1851), Chapter IIn context
- Thinking
O Nature, and O soul of man! how far beyond all utterance are your linked analogies! not the smallest atom stirs or lives on matter, but has its cunning duplicate in mind.
Herman Melville1819–1891Moby-Dick (1851), Chapter LXXIn context
- Philosophy
Now small fowls flew screaming over the yet yawning gulf; a sullen white surf beat against its steep sides; then all collapsed, and the great shroud of the sea rolled on as it rolled five thousand years ago.
Herman Melville1819–1891Moby-Dick (1851), Chapter CXXXVIn context
- Time