George Sterling Professions : Poet Born : December 1, 1869 Died : November 17, 1926 Browse All Authors Top 11 quotes by George Sterling Let him who is worthy by reason of his clear eye and unjaded heart wander across these borders of beauty and mystery and be glad. George Sterling san-francisco eye heart Thy Banners gleam a little, and are furled; Against thy turrets surge His phantom tow'rs; Drugged with his Opiates the nations nod, Refusing still the beauty of thine hours; And fragile is thy tenure of this world Still haunted by the monstrous ghost of God. George Sterling atheism littles world As a breath on glass, - As witch-fires that burn, The gods and monsters pass, Are dust, and return. (“The Face of the Skies”) George Sterling glasses dust fire The cool, grey city of love. George Sterling bay-area san-francisco cities A prison becomes a home when you have the key. George Sterling keys home philosophy And starward drifts the stricken world, Lone in unalterable gloom Dead, with a universe for tomb, Dark, and to vaster darkness whirled. (“The Testimony of the Suns”) George Sterling dark sun world O Space and Time and stars at strife, How dreadful your infinity! Shrined by your termless trinity, How strange, how terrible, is life! (“The Testimony of the Suns”) George Sterling space stars sun And fragile is thy tenure of this world Still haunted by the monstrous ghost of God. ("To Science") George Sterling atheism ghost world The candle glimmers but an hour. The night George Sterling stars brother night What silence rules the ghostly hours That guard the close of human sleep! George Sterling hours silence sleep Within its gates I heard the sound Of winds in cypress caverns caught Of huddling tress that moaned, and sought To whisper what their roots had found. (“A Dream of Fear”) George Sterling roots dream wind Similar Authors Abdellatif Laabi poet Ihara Saikaku poet Abram Joseph Ryan poet Ingeborg Bachmann poet Izumi Shikibu poet Bion of Smyrna poet All Authors
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