Thou Moon! Sun of the Night, Sister mystic of the Day; Look down, pause in thy flight! Calm me with thy aural ray, Enchanting souls to silver sleep. Look down from out thy airy keep, My fevered senses hypnotize; Shut… — William Batchelder Greene Copy Share Image
God -- if he really exist -- is good, alive, self-conscious, and governs all things according to his benevolent and holy providence; but the… — William Batchelder Greene Copy Share Image
Thou slanting rain! Thou Hebe of the Skies, That pours out drink to Earth; thou faithful wife That with moist tears embraces her prone… — William Batchelder Greene Copy Share Image
If it be true that God and man are in one image or likeness (and the affirmation that they are so is not unplausible)… — William Batchelder Greene Copy Share Image
For man, the death of the body is inevitable, and is determined by time and circumstance; but, with proper precaution, the death of the… — William Batchelder Greene Copy Share Image
How Time doth lash us with sharp pains, Set loose our teeth, snatch wisps of hair, dim eyes -- And finally bend our backs… — William Batchelder Greene Copy Share Image
Man's life is entirely in his operations, which may all be classed under three heads: he thinks, he feels, and he acts -- these… — William Batchelder Greene Copy Share Image
The rule of God is not tyranny, for it does not partake of a political or governmental character -- it is not a rule… — William Batchelder Greene Copy Share Image
The Federal Government is rendered weak to do wrong, and powerful to do right: for, as soon as it begins to go wrong, it… — William Batchelder Greene Copy Share Image
Hide what you have to hide And tell what you have to tell You'll see your problems multiplied If you continually decide To faithfully… — William Batchelder Greene Copy Share Image
Truth was truth, whether I darkened my eyes to it or not. — William Batchelder Greene Copy Share Image
Marriage may be polygamic, monogamic, polyandric, complex according to the Oneida pattern, or other, and is true marriage (I do not say perfect marriage)… — William Batchelder Greene Copy Share Image
Some men -- not all men -- see always before them an ideal, a mental picture if you will, of what they ought to… — William Batchelder Greene Copy Share Image
Faith is reason denying absurdity in the face of the unknown. — William Batchelder Greene Copy Share Image
Life is a waste of woes, And Death a river deep, That ever onward flows, Troubled, yet asleep. — William Batchelder Greene Copy Share Image
Man, having an ideal before him of that which he ought to be, and is not, and acting as though he possessed the character… — William Batchelder Greene Copy Share Image
