Top 9 Quotes & Sayings by Ralph Hodgson

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an English poet Ralph Hodgson.

Last updated on April 21, 2025.

Ralph Hodgson, Order of the Rising Sun, was an English poet, very popular in his lifetime on the strength of a small number of anthology pieces, such as The Bull. He was one of the more 'pastoral' of the Georgian poets. In 1954, he was awarded the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry.

English - Poet | September 9, 1871 - November 3, 1962

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Some things have to be believed to be seen.

Ralph Hodgson

Time, you old gypsy man, will you not stay, put up your caravan just for one day?

Ralph Hodgson

The handwriting on the wall may be a forgery.

Ralph Hodgson

Did anyone ever have a boring dream?

Ralph Hodgson

Without a wish, without a will, I stood upon that silent hill And stared into the sky until My eyes were blind with stars and still I stared into the sky.

Ralph Hodgson

I saw with open eyes, Singing birds sweet, Sold in the shops, For the people to eat, Sold in the shops of, Stupidity Street.

Ralph Hodgson

God loves an idle rainbow, no less than laboring seas.

Ralph Hodgson

Time, you old gipsy man, Will you not stay, Put up your caravan Just for one day?

Ralph Hodgson

I did not pray Him to lay bare The mystery to me, Enough the rose was Heaven to smell, And His own face to see.

Ralph Hodgson