--- title: "1 Thy Father Quotes By Jean Ingelow" description: "1 Thy Father quotes by Jean Ingelow. Plus more from Jean Ingelow and more Thy Father sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6aa/jean-ingelow-13712_art_what-is-thy-thought-there-is-no-miracle_2544888.png" --- > [What is thy thought? There is no miracle? There is a great one, which thou hast not read, And never shalt escape. Thyself, O man, Thou art the miracle. Ay, thou thyself, Being in the world and of the world,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-ingelow/what-is-thy-thought-there-is-no-miracle-there-is-a-great-one-which/) [Jean Ingelow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-ingelow/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6aa/jean-ingelow-13712_art_what-is-thy-thought-there-is-no-miracle_2544888.png) ## More by Jean Ingelow > [Man is the miracle in nature. God Is the One Miracle to man. Behold, "There is a God," thou sayest. Thou sayest well: In…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-ingelow/man-is-the-miracle-in-nature-god-is-the-one-miracle-to-man-behold/) [Jean Ingelow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-ingelow/) > [What change has made the pastures sweet And reached the daisies at my feet, And cloud that wears a golden hem? This lovely world,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-ingelow/what-change-has-made-the-pastures-sweet-and-reached-the-daisies-at-my/) [Jean Ingelow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-ingelow/) > [And old affront will stir the heart Through years of rankling pain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-ingelow/and-old-affront-will-stir-the-heart-through-years-of-rankling-pain/) [Jean Ingelow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-ingelow/) > [There's no dew left on the daisies and clover; there's no rain left in heaven.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-ingelow/there-s-no-dew-left-on-the-daisies-and-clover-there-s-no-rain-left-in/) [Jean Ingelow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-ingelow/) > [I am glad to think I am not bound to make the world go right, but only to discover and to do, with cheerful…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-ingelow/i-am-glad-to-think-i-am-not-bound-to-make-the-world-go-right-but-only/) [Jean Ingelow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-ingelow/) > [Work is its own best earthly meed, Else have we none more than the sea-born throng Who wrought those marvellous isles that bloom afar.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-ingelow/work-is-its-own-best-earthly-meed-else-have-we-none-more-than-the-sea/) [Jean Ingelow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-ingelow/) > [And the guelder rose In a great stillness dropped, and ever dropped, Her wealth about her feet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-ingelow/and-the-guelder-rose-in-a-great-stillness-dropped-and-ever-dropped/) [Jean Ingelow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-ingelow/) > [A birthday:-and now a day that rose With much of hope, with meaning rife- A thoughtful day from dawn to close: The middle day…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-ingelow/a-birthday-and-now-a-day-that-rose-with-much-of-hope-with-meaning/) [Jean Ingelow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-ingelow/) > [I have lived life long enough to thank God that all my prayers have not been answered](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-ingelow/i-have-lived-life-long-enough-to-thank-god-that-all-my-prayers-have/) [Jean Ingelow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-ingelow/) > [O woman! thou wert fashioned to beguile: So have all sages said, all poets sung.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-ingelow/o-woman-thou-wert-fashioned-to-beguile-so-have-all-sages-said-all/) [Jean Ingelow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-ingelow/) > [I opened the doors of my heart. And behold, There was music within and a song, And echoes did feed on the sweetness, repeating…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-ingelow/i-opened-the-doors-of-my-heart-and-behold-there-was-music-within-and/) [Jean Ingelow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-ingelow/) > [People newly emerged from obscurity generally launch out into indiscriminate display.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-ingelow/people-newly-emerged-from-obscurity-generally-launch-out-into/) [Jean Ingelow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-ingelow/) > [When our thoughts are born, Though they be good and humble, one should mind How they are reared, or some will go astray And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-ingelow/when-our-thoughts-are-born-though-they-be-good-and-humble-one-should/) [Jean Ingelow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-ingelow/) > [You moon, have you done something wrong in heaven / That God has hidden your face?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-ingelow/you-moon-have-you-done-something-wrong-in-heaven-that-god-has-hidden/) [Jean Ingelow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-ingelow/) > [There is but halting for the wearied foot; The better way is hidden. Faith hath failed; One stronger far than reason mastered her. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-ingelow/there-is-but-halting-for-the-wearied-foot-the-better-way-is-hidden/) [Jean Ingelow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-ingelow/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/thy-father/jean-ingelow/#itemlist", "name": "1 Thy Father Quotes By Jean Ingelow", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "What is thy thought? There is no miracle? There is a great one, which thou hast not read, And never shalt escape. Thyself, O man, Thou art the miracle. Ay, thou thyself, Being in the world and of the world, thyself, Hast breathed in breath from Him that made the world. 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