Kathleen Raine

Quotes by Kathleen Raine

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Poet, critic and scholar · English · 1908–2003

English poet, critic and scholar (1908–2003)

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“Whiteness of moonlight builds a house that is not there”

“I couldn't claim that I have never felt the urge to explore evil but when you descend into hell you have to be very careful.”

“I couldn't claim that I have never felt the urge to explore evil but when you descend into hell you have to be very careful.”

“And see the peaceful trees extendtheir myriad leaves in leisured dancethey bear the weight of sky and cloudupon the fountain of their veins.”

“And see the peaceful trees extendtheir myriad leaves in leisured dance—they bear the weight of sky and cloudupon the fountain of their veins.”

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“And see the peaceful trees extendtheir myriad leaves in leisured dancethey bear the weight of sky and cloudupon the fountain of their veins.”
— Kathleen Raine
nature trees

“For [W. B.] Yeats magic was not so much a kind of poetry as poetry a kind of magic, and the object of both alike was evocation of energies and knowledge from beyond normal consciousness.”
— Kathleen Raine
poem poetry w-b-yeats

“Whiteness of moonlight builds a house that is not there”
— Kathleen Raine
eerie ghosts mystery numinous

“I couldn't claim that I have never felt the urge to explore evil but when you descend into hell you have to be very careful.”
— Kathleen Raine
decisions

“And see the peaceful trees extendtheir myriad leaves in leisured dance—they bear the weight of sky and cloudupon the fountain of their veins.”
— Kathleen Raine
nature trees

“I couldn't claim that I have never felt the urge to explore evil but when you descend into hell you have to be very careful.”
— Kathleen Raine
decisions