Tis a little thing To give a cup of water; yet its draught of cool refreshment, drain'd by fever'd lips, May give a shock of pleasure to the frame More exquisite than when nectarean juice Renews the life of joy… — Thomas Noon Talfourd Copy Share Image
So his life has flowed From its mysterious urn a sacred stream, In whose calm depth the beautiful and pure Alone are mirrored; which, though shapes of ill May hover round its surface, glides in light, And takes no shadow… — Thomas Noon Talfourd Copy Share Image
Sympathy is the first great lesson which man should learn. It will be ill for him if he proceeds no farther; if his emotions… — Thomas Noon Talfourd Copy Share Image
Fill the seats of justice with good men, not so absolute in goodness as to forget what human frailty is. — Thomas Noon Talfourd Copy Share Image
In ourselvesIn our own honest hearts and chainless handsWill be our safeguard — Thomas Noon Talfourd Copy Share Image
It is a little thing to speak a phrase of common comfort, which by daily use has almost lost its sense; yet on the… — Thomas Noon Talfourd Copy Share Image
Tis a little thing To give a cup of water; yet its draught of cool refreshment, drain'd by fever'd lips, May give a shock… — Thomas Noon Talfourd Copy Share Image
To him who has thought, or done, or suffered much, the level days of his childhood seem at an immeasureable distance, far off as… — Thomas Noon Talfourd Copy Share Image
Gentleman is a term which does not apply to any station, but to the mind and the feelings in every station. — Thomas Noon Talfourd Copy Share Image
The mysteries of Nature and of humanity are not lessened, but increased, by the discoveries of philosophic skill. — Thomas Noon Talfourd Copy Share Image
So his life has flowed From its mysterious urn a sacred stream, In whose calm depth the beautiful and pure Alone are mirrored; which,… — Thomas Noon Talfourd Copy Share Image
