Our country Quotes by Abraham Coles

Eternity! How know we but we stand On the precipitous and crumbling verge Of Time e'en now, Eternity below?

— Abraham Coles

“Day of wrath, that day of burning, Seer and Sibyl speak concerning, All the world to ashes turning.”

— Abraham Coles

Much of our ignorance is of ourselves. Our eyes are full of dust. Prejudice blinds us.

— Abraham Coles

True love is humble, thereby is it known; Girded for service, seeking not its own; Vaunts not itself, but speaks in self-dispraise.

— Abraham Coles

On eyes that watch as well as eyes that weep Descends the solemn mystery of sleep, Toiling and climbing to the very close, The…

— Abraham Coles

Fling out, fling out, with cheer and shout, To all the winds of Our Country's Banner! Be every bar, and every star, Displayed in…

— Abraham Coles

Taking our stand on the immovable rock of Christ's character we risk nothing in saying that the wine of miracle answered to the wine…

— Abraham Coles

O loving woman, man's fulfillment, sweet, Completing him not otherwise complete! How void and useless the sad remnant left Were he of her, his…

— Abraham Coles

Let us not doubt that God has a father's pity towards us, and that in the removal of that which is dearest to us…

— Abraham Coles

Who has not seen that feeling born of flame Crimson the cheek at mention of a name? The rapturous touch of some divine surpriseFlash…

— Abraham Coles

We hail the return of the day of thy birth, Fair Columbia! washed by the waves of two oceans Where men from the farthest…

— Abraham Coles

The grave, where sets the orb of being, sets To rise, ascend, and culminate above Eternity's horizon evermore.

— Abraham Coles