Occupation: Poet Birth: April 22, 1816 Death: September 6, 1902
Surely the stars are images of love..
Imagination is the air of mind..
When I forget that the stars shine in air-- When I forget that beauty is in stars-- When I forget that love with beauty is-- Will I forget thee: till….
The poet's pen is the true divining rod Which trembles towards the inner founts of feeling; Bringing to light and use, else hid from all, The many sw….
Music tells no truths..
The dew, 'Tis of the tears which stars weep, sweet with joy..
Thou art a woman, And that is saying the best and worst of thee..
A poet not in love is out at sea; He must have a lay-figure..
Death, thou art infinite; it is life is little..
The wind breathes not, and the wave Walks softly as above a grave..
Life is as serious a thing as death..
Kindness is wisdom. There is none in life But needs it and may learn..
Who can mistake great thoughts? They seize upon the mind; arrest and search, And shake it; bow the tall soul as by wind; Rush over it like a river re….
I am tired of looking on what is, One might as well see beauty never more, As look upon it with an empty eye. I would this world were over. I am tire….
Stars which stand as thick as dewdrops on the field of heaven..
When night hath set her silver lamp high, Then is the time for study..
The ground of all great thoughts is sadness..
Every believer is God's miracle..
Hell is more bearable than nothingness..
He hath no power that hath not power to use..
Necessity, like electricity, is in ourselves and all things, and no more without us than within us..