Edward Thomas (poet)
Edward Thomas (poet)
Philip Edward Thomas was a British writer of English poetry and prose. He is sometimes considered a war poet, although few of his poems deal directly with his war experiences. He only started writing poetry at the age of 36, but by that time he had already been a prolific critic, biographer, nature writer and travel writer for two decades. In 1915, he enlisted in the British Army to fight in the F
"I, too, often shrivel the grey shreds, Sniff them and think and sniff again and try Once more to think what it is I am remembering, Always in vain. I cannot like the scent, Yet I would rather give up others more sweet, With no meaning, than this bitter one."
Edward Thomas (poet)"I like to think how easily Nature will absorb London as she absorbed the mastodon, setting her spiders to spin the winding-sheet and her worms to fill in the grave, and her grass to cover it pitifully up, adding flowers—as an unknown hand added them to the grave of Nero."
Edward Thomas (poet)"Yes. I remember Adlestrop – The name, because one afternoon Of heat the express-train drew up there Unwontedly. It was late June."
Edward Thomas (poet)"The flowers left thick at nightfall in the wood This Eastertide call into mind the men, Now far from home, who, with their sweethearts, should Have gathered them and will do never again."
Edward Thomas (poet)"To envy a man is to misunderstand him or yourself."
Edward Thomas (poet)"There is nothing at the end of any road better than may be found beside it."
Edward Thomas (poet)"The past is the only dead thing that smells sweet."
Edward Thomas (poet)"I built myself a house of glass: It took me years to make it: And I was proud. But now, alas! Would God someone would break it."
Edward Thomas (poet)"Far more I feared all company: too sharp, too rude, Had been the wisest or the dearest human voice. What I desired I knew not, but whateer my choice Vain it must be, I knew."
Edward Thomas (poet)"If I should ever by chance grow rich Ill buy Codham, Cockridden, and Childerditch, Roses, Pyrgo, and Lapwater, And let them all to my eldest daughter."
Edward Thomas (poet)"The simple lack Of her is more to me Than others presence."
Edward Thomas (poet)"As well as any bloom upon a flower I like the dust on the nettles, never lost Except to prove the sweetness of a shower."
Edward Thomas (poet)
