Evening Quote by Fitz-Greene Halleck

Ere the dolphin dies Its hues are brightest. Like an infant's breath Are tropic winds before the voice of death.

— Fitz-Greene Halleck

And thou art terrible--the tear, The groan, the knell, the pall, the bier; And all we know, or dream, or fear Of agony, are…

— Fitz-Greene Halleck

Green be the turf above thee, Friend of my better days! None knew thee but to love thee, Nor named thee but to praise.

— Fitz-Greene Halleck

The wild-flower wreath of feeling, the sunbeam of the heart.

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I cannot spare the luxury of believing that all things beautiful are what they seem.

— Fitz-Greene Halleck

This bank-note world.

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I sorrow that all fair things must decay.

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Strike-for your altars and your fires; Strike-for the green graves of your sires; God-and your native land!

— Fitz-Greene Halleck

Come to the bridal-chamber, Death! Come to the mother's, when she feels, For the first time, her first-born's breath! Come when the blessed seals…

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And Burns--though brief the race he ran, Though rough and dark the paths he trod, Lived--died--in form and soul a man, The image of…

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What is man's love? His vows are broke even while his parting kiss is warm.

— Fitz-Greene Halleck

None knew thee but to love thee.

— Fitz-Greene Halleck