Richard Aldington
Richard Aldington
Richard Aldington, born Edward Godfree Aldington, was an English writer and poet...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth8 July 1892
patriotism
Nationalism is a silly cock crowing on his own dunghill.
hysteria church proof
We must grow out of religion. It is either bugaboo, formalism, or hysteria. Besides, what proof is there that "the churches" know more about "God" than the Cockney sentry on duty outside the camp? We have only their say-so.
genius mystery potency
By the sense of mystery I understand the experience of certain places and times when one's whole nature seems to be in touch with a presence, a genius loci, a potency.
dream silent rhyme
I dream of silent verses where the rhyme glides noiseless as an oar.
night process rapids
Millions of human vermin swarm sweating along the night-arched cavernous roads. (Happily rapid chemical processes will disintegrate them all.
night moon heaven
At night, the moon, a pregnant woman, walks cautiously over the slippery heavens.
common-sense earth paradise
A little common sense, goodwill, and a tiny dose of unselfishness could make this goodly earth into an earthly paradise.
happiness dark garden
I have sat here happy in the gardens, Watching the still pool and the reeds And the dark clouds. . . . But though I greatly delight In these and the water lilies, That which sets me nighest to weeping Is the rose and white colour of the smooth flag-stones, And the pale yellow grasses Among them.
adventure hands unexpected
Adventure is allowing the unexpected to happen to you. Exploration is experiencing what you have not experienced before. How can there be any adventure, any exploration, if you let somebody else - above all, a travel bureau - arrange everything before-hand?
military responsibility patriotism-and-nationalism
Patriotism is a lively sense of collective responsibility.