Jean Ingelow Quotes
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Youth! youth! how buoyant are thy hopes! they turn, like marigolds, toward the sunny side.
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And bitter waxed the fray; Brother with brother spake no word When they met in the way.
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It is not reason which makes faith hard, but life.
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When sparrows build and the leaves break forth My old sorrow wakes and cries.
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O fateful flower beside the rill- The Daffodil, the daffodil!
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Children bring their own love with them when they come.
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Man is the miracle in nature. God Is the One Miracle to man.
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Man is the miracle in nature. God Is the One Miracle to man. Behold, "There is a God," thou sayest. Thou sayest well: In that…
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Such a slender moon, going up and up, Waxing so fast from night to night, And swelling like an orange flower-bud, bright, Fated, methought, to…
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Quoth the Ocean, "Dawn! O fairest, clearest, Touch me with thy golden fingers bland; For I have no smile till thou appearest For the lovely…
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A healthful hunger for a great idea is the beauty and blessedness of life.
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The moon looks upon many night flowers; the night flowers see but one moon.
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I have lived to thank God that all my prayers have not been answered.
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And old affront will stir the heart Through years of rankling pain.
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How gently rock yon poplars high Against the reach of primrose sky With heaven's pale candles stored.
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Her face betokened all things dear and good, The light of somewhat yet to come was there Asleep, and waiting for the opening day, When…
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It is a comely fashion to be glad; Joy is the grace we say to God.
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Against her ankles as she trod The lucky buttercups did nod.
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