Elinor Wylie quotes

I am better able to imagine hell than heaven; it is my inheritance, I suppose. (Elinor Wylie)
If any have a stone to throw It is not I, ever or now. View quote
Elinor Wylie
In masks outrageous and austere, The years go by in single file; But none has merited my fear, And none has quite escaped my smile. View quote
Elinor Wylie
The winter will be short, the summer long, The autumn amber-hued, sunny and hot, Tasting of cider and of scuppernong; All seasons sweet, but autumn best of all. The squirrels in their silver fur will fall Like falling leaves, like fruit, before your shot. View quote
Elinor Wylie
When strawberries go begging, and the sleek Blue plums lie open to the blackbird's beak, We shall live well - we shall live very well. View quote
Elinor Wylie

Elinor Wylie

Elinor Wylie - Image
Occupation: American Poet
Born: September 7, 1885
Died: December 16, 1928
Quotes count: 5

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