Quote#Wisdom
Then, cleaving the grass, gazelles appear
Quote byThomas Sturge Moore · 1870–1944
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: "The Gazelles", line 13; from The Centaur's Booty (London: Duckworth, 1903) p. ix..
English (original)
Then, cleaving the grass, gazelles appear (The gentler dolphins of kindlier waves) With sensitive heads alert of ear; Frail crowds that a delicate hearing saves.
— Thomas Sturge Moore
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