Jas in the Arab language is despair, And Min the darkest meaning of a lie. Thus cried the Jessamine among the flowers, How justly doth a lie Draw on its head despair! Among the fragrant spirits of the bowers The… — Charles Godfrey Leland Copy Share Image
What is a kiss? Alacke! at worst, A single Dropp to quenche a Thirst, Tho' oft it prooves, in happie Hour, The first swete Dropp of our long Showre. — Charles Godfrey Leland Copy Share Image
But, as old Swedish legends say, Of all the birds upon that day, The swallow felt the deepest grief, And longed to give her… — Charles Godfrey Leland Copy Share Image
Up rose the wild old winter-king, And shook his beard of snow; "I hear the first young hard-bell ring, 'Tis time for me to… — Charles Godfrey Leland Copy Share Image
The Lord of Learning who upraised mankind from being silent brutes to singing men. — Charles Godfrey Leland Copy Share Image
“If this be the manner in which Italian witchcraft is treated by the most intelligent writer who has depicted it, it will not be… — Charles Godfrey Leland Copy Share Image
Among the flowers no perfume is like mine; That which is best in me comes from within. So those in this world who would… — Charles Godfrey Leland Copy Share Image
“Count ANGELO DE GUBERNATIS once remarked to one of the most distinguished English statesmen that there was in the country in Tuscany ten times… — Charles Godfrey Leland Copy Share Image
“The growth of Sentiment is the increase of suffering; man is never entirely miserable until he finds out how wronged he is and fancies… — Charles Godfrey Leland Copy Share Image
Life will be lengthened while growing, for Thought is the measure of life. — Charles Godfrey Leland Copy Share Image
To Paradise, the Arabs say, Satan could never find the way Until the peacock led him in. — Charles Godfrey Leland Copy Share Image
