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The Poems of Katherine Mansfield QUOTES

The Poems of Katherine Mansfield QUOTES

1 " Light as feathers the witches fly,
The horn of the moon is plain to see;
By a firefly under a jonquil flower
A goblin toasts a bumble-bee. "

― Katherine Mansfield , The Poems of Katherine Mansfield

2 " Outside the sky is light with stars "

― Katherine Mansfield , The Poems of Katherine Mansfield

3 " Love! Love! Your tenderness,
Your beautiful, watchful ways "

― Katherine Mansfield , The Poems of Katherine Mansfield

4 " He would sit very still on the doorstep
And dream--O, that he had a friend!

Somebody to come when he called them,
Somebody to catch by the hand,
Somebody to sleep with at night time,
Somebody who'd quite understand. "

― Katherine Mansfield , The Poems of Katherine Mansfield

5 " We might be fifty, we might be five,
So snug, so compact, so wise are we!
Under the kitchen-table leg
My knee is pressing against his knee. "

― Katherine Mansfield , The Poems of Katherine Mansfield

6 " Shadow children, thin and small,
Now the day is left behind,
You are dancing on the wall,
On the curtains, on the blind. "

― Katherine Mansfield , The Poems of Katherine Mansfield