Occupation: Author Birth: August 15, 1824 Death: March 20, 1903
If all the world must see the world As the world the world hath seen, Then it were better for the world That the world have never been..
Up rose the wild old winter-king, And shook his beard of snow; "I hear the first young hard-bell ring, 'Tis time for me to go! Northward o'er the icy….
Jas in the Arab language is despair, And Min the darkest meaning of a lie. Thus cried the Jessamine among the flowers, How justly doth a lie Draw on ….
The Lord of Learning who upraised mankind from being silent brutes to singing men..
When in God thou believest, near God thou wilt certainly be..
The brave deserve the lovely - every woman may be won..
Love leads to present rapture,-then to pain; But all through Love in time is healed again..
To Paradise, the Arabs say, Satan could never find the way Until the peacock led him in..
Thought is the measure of life..
What is a kiss? Alacke! at worst, A single Dropp to quenche a Thirst, Tho' oft it prooves, in happie Hour, The first swete Dropp of our long Showre..
But, as old Swedish legends say, Of all the birds upon that day, The swallow felt the deepest grief, And longed to give her Lord relief, And chirped ….
Among the flowers no perfume is like mine; That which is best in me comes from within. So those in this world who would rise and shine Should seek in….
Life will be lengthened while growing, for Thought is the measure of life..
Time fleeth on, Youth soon is gone, Naught earthly may abide; Life seemeth fast, But may not last-- It runs as runs the time..
Sweet music! sacred tongue of God..