Bliss Carman quotes

The greatest joy in nature is the absence of man. (Bliss Carman)
Set me a task in which I can put something of my very self, and it is a task no longer; it is joy; it is art. View quote
Bliss Carman
I often wish... that I could rid the world of the tyranny of facts. What are facts but compromises? A fact merely marks the point where we have agreed to let investigation cease. View quote
Bliss Carman
Indifference may not wreck a man's life at any one turn, but it will destroy him with a kind of dry-rot in the long run. View quote
Bliss Carman
A 'fact' merely marks the point where we have agreed to let investigation cease. View quote
Bliss Carman
There is a passion for perfection which you will rarely see fully developed; but you may note this fact, that in successful lives it is never wholly lacking. View quote
Bliss Carman
Here's to the day That wondrous May, A-roaming through the heather, When her little shoes And my big boots Were out on the hills together. And here's to the night Of our delight, That held the stars in tether, When her little shoes And my big boots Were under the bed together. View quote
Bliss Carman
Here's to the day when it is May And care as light as a feather, When your little shoes and my big boots Go tramping over the heather. View quote
Bliss Carman
There paused to shut the door A fellow called the Wind, With mystery before, And reticence behind. View quote
Bliss Carman
The glad indomitable sea, The strong white sun. View quote
Bliss Carman
Love manifests itself in our bodies as instinctive craving, in our souls as devotion, and in our minds as pride. (Bliss Carman)