“Life is but a day;A fragile dew-drop on its perilous wayFrom a tree’s summit.”
John Keats
The Complete Poems
-
Working on it...
-
Working on it...
-
Working on it...
-
Working on it...
Similar quotes
“Life was precious. Life was fragile. Here one moment, gone the next. Every second should be milked for all it's worth because you never know when the bottom was going to drop out.”
Sandra Brown
Breath of Scandal
“Like dew drops on a lotus leaf I vanish.”
Senryu
“YOU are the big drop of dew under the lotus leaf, I am the smaller one on its upper side,'said the dewdrop to the lake.”
Rabindranath Tagore
“Her soul trembled on her lips like a drop of dew on a flower.”
Victor Hugo
Les Misérables
“Your body is like a dew-drop on the morning grass, your life is as brief as a flash of lightning. Momentary and vain, it is lost in a moment. (From 'Fukan zazengi')”
Dogen Zenji