Man's books are but a climbing stair, Lain step by step, like stairs of stone; The stairway here, the temple there - Man's lampad honor, and his trust, The God who called him from the dust. — Joaquin Miller Copy Share Image
Primeval forests! virgin sod! That Saxon has not ravish'd yet, Lo! peak on peak in stairways set- In stepping stairs that reach to God! Here we are free as sea or wind, For here are set Time's snowy tents In… — Joaquin Miller Copy Share Image
Lonely as God, and white as a winter moon, Mount Shasta starts up sudden and solitary from the heart of the great black forests… — Joaquin Miller Copy Share Image
Man's books are but a climbing stair, Lain step by step, like stairs of stone; The stairway here, the temple there - Man's lampad… — Joaquin Miller Copy Share Image
All honor to him who shall win the prize. The world has cried for a thousand years. But to him who tries and fails… — Joaquin Miller Copy Share Image
Men say, "By pride the angels fell from heaven." By pride they reached a place from which they fell! — Joaquin Miller Copy Share Image
Man's books are but man's alphabet, Beyond and on his lessons lie - The lessons of the violet, The large gold letters of the… — Joaquin Miller Copy Share Image
Is it worthwhile that we jostle a brother, Bearing his load on the rough road of life? Is it worthwhile that we jeer at… — Joaquin Miller Copy Share Image
He gained a world; he gave that world Its grandest lesson: "On! sail on!" — Joaquin Miller Copy Share Image
The soul that feeds on books alone - I count that soul exceeding small That lives alone by book and creed, - A soul… — Joaquin Miller Copy Share Image
I throw a kiss across the sea, I drink the winds as drinking wine, And dream they all are blown from thee, I catch… — Joaquin Miller Copy Share Image
O woman, born first to believe us; Yea, also born first to forget; Born first to betray and deceive us, Yet first to repent… — Joaquin Miller Copy Share Image
There are many To-morrows, my Love, my Love, There is only one To-day. — Joaquin Miller Copy Share Image
That man who lives for self alone, Lives for the meanest mortal known. — Joaquin Miller Copy Share Image
Physiognomy is often a great falsifier, though as a rule it is honest enough. — Joaquin Miller Copy Share Image
