Famous Adelaide Crapsey Quotes

  • No guile? Nay, but so strangely He moves among us. . Not this Man but Barabbas! Release to us Barabbas! – Adelaide Crapsey

    No guile? Nay, but so strangely He moves among us. . Not this Man but Barabbas! Release to us Barabbas!– Adelaide Crapsey

  • With night’s Dim veil and blue I will cover my eyes, I will bind close my eyes that are So weary. – Adelaide Crapsey

    With night’s Dim veil and blue I will cover my eyes, I will bind close my eyes that are So weary.– Adelaide Crapsey

  • Still as On windless nights The moon-cast shadows are, So still will be my heart when I Am dead. – Adelaide Crapsey

    Still as On windless nights The moon-cast shadows are, So still will be my heart when I Am dead.– Adelaide Crapsey

  • Scarlet the poppies Blue the corn-flowers, Golden the wheat. Gold for the Eternal: Blue for Our Lady: Red for the five Wounds of her Son. – Adelaide Crapsey

    Scarlet the poppies Blue the corn-flowers, Golden the wheat. Gold for the Eternal: Blue for Our Lady: Red for the five Wounds of her Son.– Adelaide Crapsey

  • If illness’ end be health regained then I Will pay you, Asculapeus, when I die. – Adelaide Crapsey

    If illness’ end be health regained then I Will pay you, Asculapeus, when I die.– Adelaide Crapsey

  • Sun and wind and beat of sea,Great lands stretching endlessly…Where be bonds to bind the free?All the world was made for me! – Adelaide Crapsey

    Sun and wind and beat of sea,Great lands stretching endlessly…Where be bonds to bind the free?All the world was made for me!– Adelaide Crapsey

  • The old Old winds that blew When chaos was, what do They tell the clattered trees that I Should weep? – Adelaide Crapsey

    The old Old winds that blew When chaos was, what do They tell the clattered trees that I Should weep?– Adelaide Crapsey

  • Not thou, White rose, but thy Ensanguined sister is The dear companion of my heart’s Shed blood. – Adelaide Crapsey

    Not thou, White rose, but thy Ensanguined sister is The dear companion of my heart’s Shed blood.– Adelaide Crapsey

  • Is it as plainly in our living shown,By which way the wind hath blown? – Adelaide Crapsey

    Is it as plainly in our living shown,By which way the wind hath blown?– Adelaide Crapsey

  • Thou hast Drawn laughter from A well of secret tears And thence so elvish it rings, -mocking And sweet. – Adelaide Crapsey

    Thou hast Drawn laughter from A well of secret tears And thence so elvish it rings, -mocking And sweet.– Adelaide Crapsey