“...if you do not even understand what words say,how can you expect to pass judgementon what words conceal?””
Trilogy: The Walls Do Not Fall / Tribute to the Angels / The Flowering of the Rod
Quotes by H. D. (Hilda Doolittle)
“remember the golden apple-trees;O, do not pity them, as you watch them dropone by one,for they fall exhausted, numb, blindbut in certain ecstasy,for theirs is the hunger for Paradise.””
“There's a black rose growing in your garden.””
HERmione
“Let us search the old highways.””
Trilogy: The Walls Do Not Fall / Tribute to the Angels / The Flowering of the Rod
“let us not teach / what we have learned badly / and not profited by””
Trilogy: The Walls Do Not Fall / Tribute to the Angels / The Flowering of the Rod
“grape, knife, cup, wheat / are symbols in eternity, / and every concrete object / has abstract value, is timeless / in the dream parallel””
Trilogy: The Walls Do Not Fall / Tribute to the Angels / The Flowering of the Rod
H. D. (Hilda Doolittle)H. D., born Hilda Doolittle, was an influential American poet, novelist, and memoirist associated with the modernist movement. She emerged as a prominent figure in the early 20th century literary scen...