| 12 Famous Quotes by Jean Ingelow
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“And O the buttercups! that field
O' the cloth of gold, when pennons swam--
Where France set up his lilied shield,
His oriflamb,
And Henry's lion-standard rolled:
What was it to their matchless sheen,
Their million million drops of gold
Among the green!”
Buttercups Quotes Source: The Letter L Present (st. 3)
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“Against her ankles as she trod
The lucky buttercups did nod.”
Buttercups Quotes Source: Reflections
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“The old mayor climbed the belfry tower,
The ringers ran by two, by three;
"Pull, if ye never pulled before;
Good ringers, pull your best," quoth he.
"Play uppe, play uppe, O Boston bells!
Ply all your changes, all your swells,
Play uppe The Brides of Enderby."”
Bells Quotes Source: High Tide on the Coast of Lincolnshire
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“How gently rock yon poplars high
Against the reach of primrose sky
With heaven's pale candles stored.”
Evening Quotes Source: Supper at the Mill, a song
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“And bitter waxed the fray;
Brother with brother spake no word
When they met in the way.”
Dissension Quotes Source: Poems--Strife and Peace
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“And old affront will stir the heart
Through years of rankling pain.”
Dissension Quotes Source: Poems--Strife and Peace
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“Such a slender moon, going up and up,
Waxing so fast from night to night,
And swelling like an orange flower-bud, bright,
Fated, methought, to round as to a golden cup,
And hold to my two lips life's best of wine.”
Moon Quotes Source: Songs of the Night Watches--The First Watch (pt. II)
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“The moon looks upon many night flowers; the night flowers see but
one moon.”
Moon Quotes Source: Songs of the Night Watches--The First Watch (pt. II)
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“"O fateful flower beside the rill--
The Daffodil, the daffodil!"”
Daffodils Quotes Source: Persephone (st. 16)
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“Her face betokened all things dear and good,
The light of somewhat yet to come was there
Asleep, and waiting for the opening day,
When childish thoughts, like flowers would drift away.”
Faces Quotes Source: Margaret in the Xebec (st. 57)
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“When sparrows build and the leaves break forth
My old sorrow wakes and cries.”
Sorrow Quotes Source: Song of Old Love
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“Man is the miracle in nature. God
Is the One Miracle to man. Behold,
"There is a God," thou sayest. Thou sayest well:
In that thou sayest all. To Be is more
Of wonderful, than being, to have wrought,
Or reigned, or rested.”
Miracles Quotes Source: Story of Doom (bk. VII, l. 271)
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Jean Ingelow Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings
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