John Vance Cheney Quotes

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• The soul would have no rainbow had the eyes no tears.
• The happiest heart that ever beat Was in some quiet breast That found the common daylight sweet, And left to Heaven the rest.
• The soul would have no rainbow had the eyes no tears. [So when you are crying remember also to anticipate and look for the rainbow.]
• The message from the hedge-leaves, Heed it, whoso thou art; Under lowly eaves Lives the happy heart.
• A breath, whence no man knows, Swaying the grating weeds, it blows; It comes, it grieves, it goes. Once it rocked the summer rose.
• I pour into the world the eternal streams Wan prophets tent beside, and dream their dreams.
• Holding occasion by the hand, Not over nice 'twixt weed and flower, Waiving what none can understand, I make mine hour.
• The wind is awake, pretty leave, pretty leaves, Heed not what he says, he deceives, he deceives; Over and over To the lowly clover He…
• I question not if thrushes sing, If roses load the air; Beyond my heart I need not reach When all is summer there.

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