Ralph Hodgson quotes

Time, you old gipsy man, Will you not stay, Put up your caravan Just for one day? (Ralph Hodgson)
Some things have to be believed to be seen. View quote
Ralph Hodgson
God loves an idle rainbow, Not less than labouring seas. View quote
Ralph Hodgson
I saw with open eyes, Singing birds sweet, Sold in the shops, For the people to eat, Sold in the shops of, Stupidity Street. View quote
Ralph Hodgson
Reason has moons, but moons not hers Lie mirror'd on her sea, Confounding her astronomers, But, O! delighting me. View quote
Ralph Hodgson
The handwriting on the wall may be a forgery. View quote
Ralph Hodgson
Did anyone ever have a boring dream? View quote
Ralph Hodgson
Twould ring the bells of Heaven The wildest peal for years, If Parson lost his senses And people came to theirs, And he and they together Knelt down with angry prayers For tamed and shabby tigers And dancing dogs and bears, And wretched, blind, pit ponies, And little hunted hares. View quote
Ralph Hodgson
Hodgson, a man of steadfast integrity and strong personality, possessed true distinction. View quote
Ralph Hodgson
'...one of those men who seem commonplace when first met but then prove to be completely original both in their work and their lives... Apparently slight and unpretentious, his work has a queer magic, which is what I want from poetry. View quote
Ralph Hodgson