Ernest Rhys Professions : Writer Born : July 17, 1859 Died : May 25, 1946 Browse All Authors Top 3 quotes by Ernest Rhys Words, like flowers, have their colors too. Ernest Rhys color flower With the wings of a bird and the heart of a man he compass'd his flight, And the cities and seas, as he flew, were like smoke at his feet. He lived a great life while we slept, in the dark of the night, And went home by the mariners' road, down the stars' empty street. Ernest Rhys stars home heart I saw the sunlight in a leafy place, Bathing itself in liquid green and amber-- Where every flower had tears hid in its petals, And every leaf was lovely with the rain. Ernest Rhys lovely flower rain Similar Authors Ihab Hassan writer Ingmar Bergman writer Isabella Bird writer Ivan E. Coyote writer Al Feldstein writer Bert Sugar writer All Authors