John Gould Fletcher Quotes & Sayings

Here upon earth there is life, and then death,
Dawn, and later nightfall,
Fire, and the quenching of embers:
But why should I not remember that my night is dawn in another part of the world,
If the idea fits my fancy? — John Gould Fletcher

Fate! Fate! All things pass away; Life is forever, youth is for a day. Love again if you may Before the stars are blown out of the sky And the crickets die; Babylon and Samarkand Are mud walls in a waste of sand. — John Gould Fletcher

My happiness is like this sand:
I let it run out of my hand. — John Gould Fletcher

In the afternoon, over gold screens,
I will brush the blue dust of my dreams. — John Gould Fletcher

Wind of the night, Questing, swaying, calling, Rustle of dull grasses, Why do you trouble me? — John Gould Fletcher

As I went through the city by day
I saw shadows in sunlight;
But in the night I saw everywhere
Stars within the darkness. — John Gould Fletcher

God willing, we shall this day meet that old enemy
Who has give us so many a good beating.
Thank God we have a cause worth fighting for,
And a cause worth losing and a good song to sing. — John Gould Fletcher

Yellow melon flowers Crawl beneath the withered peach-trees; A date-palm throws its heavy fronds of steel Against the scoured metallic sky. — John Gould Fletcher