Banquet Quote by Hartley Coleridge

The potency of prayer hath subdued the strength of fire; it hath bridled the rage of lions, hushed anarchy to rest, extinguished wars, appeased…

— Anonymous

It is a beauteous evening, calm and free, The holy time is quiet as a nun Breathless with adoration; the broad sun Is sinking…

— William Wordsworth

O God of earth and altar, Bow down and hear our cry, Our earthly rulers falter, Our people drift and die; The walls of…

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

“Hail! natural desire! Hail! happiness! divine happiness! and pleasure of all sorts, flowers and wine, though one fades and the other intoxicates; and half-crown…

— Virginia Woolf

Oh! now to be alone, on some grand height, Where heaven’s black curtains shadow all the sight, And watch the swollen clouds their bosom…

— Robert Montgomery

“And if you wish to receive of the ancient city an impression with which the modern one can no longer furnish you, climb—on the…

— Victor Hugo

Scatter the clouds that hide The face of heaven, and show Where sweet peace doth abide, Where Truth and Beauty grow.

— Robert Bridges

Make a joyful noise unto the Lord

— Bible

“I am weary of worldly gatherings, O Lord What pleasure in them, when the light in my heart is gone? From the clamor of…

— Arundhati Roy

As clouds are blown away by the wind, the thirst for material pleasures will be driven away by the utterance of the Lord's name.

— Anonymous

“Lord, thy children are jaded, and their ears go flat with sound. Marveling in the thunder rumbling of thy voice no longer - they…

— Sylvia Plath

Deliver thunder, God If you choose not to talk.

— Dejan Stojanovic