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- There is a beautiful spirit breathing now Its mellowed richness on the clustered trees, And, from a beaker full of richest dyes, Pouring new glory…
- This is the forest primeval. The murmuring pines and the hemlocks, Bearded with moss, and in garments green, indistinct in the twilight, Stand like Druids…
- Noble souls, through dust and heat, rise from disaster and defeat the stronger.
- From dust thou art to dust returneth, was not spoken of the soul.
- When Christ ascended Triumphantly from star to star He left the gates of Heaven ajar.
- Then read from the treasured volume the poem of thy choice, and lend to the rhyme of the poet the beauty of thy voice.
- Were a star quenched on high,For ages would its light,Still travelling downward from the sky,Shine on our mortal sight. So when a great man dies,For…
- Sometimes we may learn more from a man's errors, than from his virtues.
- This is the place. Stand still, my steed,- Let me review the scene, And summon from the shadowy past The forms that once have been.
- Alas! it is not till time, with reckless hand, has torn out half the leaves from the Book of Human Life to light the fires…
- Safe from temptation, safe from sin's pollution, She lives whom we call dead.
- The day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings of Night, As a feather is wafted downward From an eagle in his flight.
- Softly the evening came. The sun from the western horizon Like a magician extended his golden want o'er the landscape; Trinkling vapors arose; and sky…
- Dreams or illusions, call them what you will, they lift us from the commonplace of life to better things.
- .... Anon from the castle walls The crescent banner falls, And the crowd beholds instead, Like a portent in the sky, Iskander's banner fly, The…
- There's nothing fair nor beautiful, but takes Something from thee, that makes it beautiful.
- The moon is hidden behind a cloud... On the leaves is a sound of falling rain... No other sounds than these I hear; The hour…
- The natural alone is permanent. Fantastic idols may be worshipped for a while; but at length they are overturned by the continual and silent progress…
- O thou sculptor, painter, poet! Take this lesson to thy heart: That is best which lieth nearest; Shape from that thy work of art.
- Were half the power that fills the world with terror, Were half the wealth bestowed on camps and courts, Given to redeem the human mind…
- The poor too often turn away unheard, From hearts that shut against them with a sound That will be heard in heaven.
- The first pressure of sorrow crushes out from our hearts the best wine; afterwards the constant weight of it brings forth bitterness, the taste and…
- 'Tis always morning somewhere, and aboveThe awakening continents, from shore to shore,Somewhere the birds are singing evermore.
- Kind messages, that pass from land to land; Kind letters, that betray the heart's deep history, In which we feel the pressure of a hand,--…
- Down sank the great red sun, and in golden, glimmering vapors Veiled the light of his face, like the Prophet descending from Sinai.
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