Kathleen Raine
British poet, critic and scholar (1908–2003)
Kathleen Jessie Raine (14 June 1908 – 6 July 2003) was a British poet, critic, and independent scholar.
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Quotes
edit- In rose with petals soft as air
I bind for you the tides and fire —
the death that lives within the flower,
oh, gladly love, for you I bear.- Poem Envoi
- Intent on one great love, perfect,
Requited and for ever,
I missed love's everywhere
Small presence, thousand-guised.- Poem Confessions
- Strangers have crossed the sound, but not the sound of the dark oarsmen
Or the golden-haired sons of kings,
Strangers whose thought is not formed to the cadence of waves,
Rhythm of the sickle, oar and milking pail- Poem The Ancient Speech
- He has married me with a ring, a ring of bright water
Whose ripples spread from the heart of the sea,
He has married me with a ring of light, the glitter
Broadcast on the swift river.- Poem The Marriage of Psyche
