Quote of the Day
Authors Categories Blog Quote Maker Videos
 

George Sterling Quotes: Within its gates I heard the sound Of winds in cypress caverns caught Of huddling tress that moaned, and sought To whisper what their roots had found. (“A Dream of Fear”)
         

Within its gates I heard the sound Of winds in cypress caverns caught Of huddling tress that moaned, and sought To whisper what their roots had found. (“A Dream of Fear”)


George Sterling
Check all other quotes by George Sterling

Want to display this quote image on your website or blog? Simply copy and paste the below code on your website/blog.

Embed:

Format of this image is jpg. The width and height of image are 1200 and 630, repectively. This image is available for free to download.





Citation

Use the citation below to add this quote to your bibliography:


Styles:

×

MLA Style Citation


"George Sterling Quotes." Quoteslyfe.com, 2024. Wed. 01 May. 2024. <https://www.quoteslyfe.com/quote/Within-its-gates-I-heard-the-sound-613602>.





Check out


Other quotes of George Sterling


Let him who is worthy by reason of his clear eye and unjaded heart wander across these borders of beauty and mystery and be glad.

Let him who is worthy by reason of his clear eye and unjaded heart wander across these borders of beauty and mystery and be glad.



A prison becomes a home when you have the key.

A prison becomes a home when you have the key.




And starward drifts the stricken world, Lone in unalterable gloom Dead, with a universe for tomb, Dark, and to vaster darkness whirled. (“The Testimony of the Suns”)

And starward drifts the stricken world, Lone in unalterable gloom Dead, with a universe for tomb, Dark, and to vaster darkness whirled. (“The Testimony of the Suns”)



What silence rules the ghostly hours That guard the close of human sleep!

What silence rules the ghostly hours That guard the close of human sleep!



As a breath on glass, - As witch-fires that burn, The gods and monsters pass, Are dust, and return. (“The Face of the Skies”)

As a breath on glass, - As witch-fires that burn, The gods and monsters pass, Are dust, and return. (“The Face of the Skies”)



O Space and Time and stars at strife, How dreadful your infinity! Shrined by your termless trinity, How strange, how terrible, is life! (“The Testimony of the Suns”)

O Space and Time and stars at strife, How dreadful your infinity! Shrined by your termless trinity, How strange, how terrible, is life! (“The Testimony of the Suns”)



And fragile is thy tenure of this world Still haunted by the monstrous ghost of God. ("To Science")

And fragile is thy tenure of this world Still haunted by the monstrous ghost of God. ("To Science")



The candle glimmers but an hour. The night Looms in its ancient hunger. Would you know The tragedy of human love and need? Gaze on the stars, then on a brother's face!

The candle glimmers but an hour. The night Looms in its ancient hunger. Would you know The tragedy of human love and need? Gaze on the stars, then on a brother's face!



And fragile is thy tenure of this worldStill haunted by the monstrous ghost of God.("To Science")

And fragile is thy tenure of this worldStill haunted by the monstrous ghost of God.("To Science")





Other quotes you may like



Everything I achieve affects my family as well, and suddenly, my kids' dad became the most famous man in the country for a couple of weeks.

Everything I achieve affects my family as well, and suddenly, my kids' dad became the most famous man in the country for a couple of weeks.



I wanted to do two things when I was growing up, about your age. I wanted to play in the NBA, and I wanted to be a businessman after my basketball career was over, and that is what I am doing now.

I wanted to do two things when I was growing up, about your age. I wanted to play in the NBA, and I wanted to be a businessman after my basketball career was over, and that is what I am doing now.



Dogs are wise. They crawl away into a quiet corner and lick their wounds and do not rejoin the world until they are whole once more.

Dogs are wise. They crawl away into a quiet corner and lick their wounds and do not rejoin the world until they are whole once more.



“To think the way you do,” he said smiling, “you have to be a man who lives either on a tremendous despair, or on a tremendous hope.” “On both, perhaps.”

“To think the way you do,” he said smiling, “you have to be a man who lives either on a tremendous despair, or on a tremendous hope.” “On both, perhaps.”



If I cannot air this pain and alter it, I will surely die of it. That's the beginning of social protest.

If I cannot air this pain and alter it, I will surely die of it. That's the beginning of social protest.



I always wanted to be a superhero.

I always wanted to be a superhero.



Zen aims at freedom but its practice is disciplined.

Zen aims at freedom but its practice is disciplined.



I live with the understanding that truth is bigger than any religion and the world is God's and everything in it.

I live with the understanding that truth is bigger than any religion and the world is God's and everything in it.



I hope you have enjoyed watching as much as I have enjoyed taking part.

I hope you have enjoyed watching as much as I have enjoyed taking part.




Quote Description


This page presents the quote "Within its gates I heard the sound Of winds in cypress caverns caught Of huddling tress that moaned, and sought To whisper what their roots had found. (“A Dream of Fear”)". Author of this quote is George Sterling. This quote is about dream, sound, caverns, found, wind, heard, gates, fear, roots,.