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> [Holding occasion by the hand, Not over nice 'twixt weed and flower, Waiving what none can understand, I make mine hour.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-vance-cheney/holding-occasion-by-the-hand-not-over-nice-twixt-weed-and-flower/)

[John Vance Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-vance-cheney/)

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## More by John Vance Cheney

> [The message from the hedge-leaves, Heed it, whoso thou art; Under lowly eaves Lives the happy heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-vance-cheney/the-message-from-the-hedge-leaves-heed-it-whoso-thou-art-under-lowly/)

[John Vance Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-vance-cheney/)

> [I pour into the world the eternal streams Wan prophets tent beside, and dream their dreams.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-vance-cheney/i-pour-into-the-world-the-eternal-streams-wan-prophets-tent-beside/)

[John Vance Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-vance-cheney/)

> [The soul would have no rainbow had the eyes no tears. \[So when you are crying remember also to anticipate and look for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-vance-cheney/the-soul-would-have-no-rainbow-had-the-eyes-no-tears-so-when-you-are/)

[John Vance Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-vance-cheney/)

> [A breath, whence no man knows, Swaying the grating weeds, it blows; It comes, it grieves, it goes. Once it rocked the summer rose.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-vance-cheney/a-breath-whence-no-man-knows-swaying-the-grating-weeds-it-blows-it/)

[John Vance Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-vance-cheney/)

> [Holding occasion by the hand, Not over nice 'twixt weed and flower, Waiving what none can understand, I make mine hour.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-vance-cheney/holding-occasion-by-the-hand-not-over-nice-twixt-weed-and-flower/)

[John Vance Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-vance-cheney/)

> [The happiest heart that ever beat Was in some quiet breast That found the common daylight sweet, And left to Heaven the rest.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-vance-cheney/the-happiest-heart-that-ever-beat-was-in-some-quiet-breast-that-found/)

[John Vance Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-vance-cheney/)

> [The wind is awake, pretty leave, pretty leaves, Heed not what he says, he deceives, he deceives; Over and over To the lowly clover…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-vance-cheney/the-wind-is-awake-pretty-leave-pretty-leaves-heed-not-what-he-says-he/)

[John Vance Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-vance-cheney/)

> [If so men's memories not a monument be, None shalt thou have. Warm hearts, and not cold stone, Must mark thy grave, or thou…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-vance-cheney/if-so-men-s-memories-not-a-monument-be-none-shalt-thou-have-warm/)

[John Vance Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-vance-cheney/)

> [No command of art, No toil, can help you hear; Earth's minstrelsy falls clear But on the listening heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-vance-cheney/no-command-of-art-no-toil-can-help-you-hear-earth-s-minstrelsy-falls/)

[John Vance Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-vance-cheney/)

> [I question not if thrushes sing, If roses load the air; Beyond my heart I need not reach When all is summer there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-vance-cheney/i-question-not-if-thrushes-sing-if-roses-load-the-air-beyond-my-heart/)

[John Vance Cheney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-vance-cheney/)

> [The soul would have no rainbow had the eyes no tears.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-vance-cheney/the-soul-would-have-no-rainbow-had-the-eyes-no-tears/)

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