Trumbull Stickney Quotes

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Be still. The Hanging Gardens were a dream That over Persian roses flew to kiss The curled lashes of Semiramis. Troy never was, nor green Skamander stream.

Trumbull Stickney

Sir, say no more.
Within me 't is as if
The green and climbing eyesight of a cat Crawled near my mind's poor birds.

Trumbull Stickney

Live blindly and upon the hour. The Lord,
Who was the Future, died full long ago.
Knowledge which is the Past is folly.

Trumbull Stickney

Trumbull Stickney

Trumbull Stickney

Born: June 20, 1874

Died: October 11, 1904 (aged 30)

Bio: Joseph Trumbull Stickney was an American classical scholar and poet. His style has been characterised as fin de siècle and he is known for his sonnets in particular.

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