The sky

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I never saw a man who looked
With such a wistful eye
Upon that little tent of blue
Which prisoners call the sky.

Oscar Wilde

The Ballad of Reading Gaol

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Topic

The sky

Author

Oscar Wilde

Source

The Ballad of Reading Gaol

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1898 1890s 19th century

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Original Citation

Wilde, Oscar [Published as C.3.3.]. The Ballad of Reading Gaol. London: Leonard Smithers, 1898, pt. 1, st. 3.

Current Citation

Wilde, Oscar. "The Ballad of Reading Gaol." Oscar Wilde: The Major Works, edited by Isobel Murray. Oxford University Press, 2008.

The sky is the daily bread of the eyes.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Topic

The sky Man and nature

Author

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Source

Journals of Ralph Waldo Emerson

Medium

Personal journal

Language

English

Time

1843 1840s 19th century

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Citation

Emerson, Ralph Waldo. Journal entry. 25 May 1843.

The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass.

Dogen

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Topic

Interconnectedness of all things The moon The sky

Author

Dogen

Source

Genjo Koan Shōbōgenzō

Statement Type

Zen koan

Language

Japanese

Time

1253 1250s 13th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Dogen. "Genjo Koan [Actualizing the Fundamental Point]." Shobogenzo, c. 1253.

Blue, darkly, deeply, beautifully blue.

Robert Southey

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The sky

Author

Robert Southey

Source

Madoc

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1805 1800s 19th century

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Citation

Southey, Robert. Madoc. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, 1805, pt. 1.

To one who has been long in city pent,
'Tis very sweet to look into the fair
And open face of heaven.

John Keats

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Topic

The sky Spending time in nature Getting away

Author

John Keats

Source

To one who has been long in city pent Poems

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1817 1810s 19th century

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Original Citation

Keats, John. "To One Who Has Been Long in City Pent." Poems. London: C. & J. Ollier, 1817, I. 1.

Current Citation

Keats, John. "To one who has been long in city pent." John Keats: The Major Works, edited by Elizabeth Cook. Oxford University Press, 2009, I. 1.