Occupation: Poet Birth: April 22, 1816 Death: September 6, 1902
Remember that thy heart will shed its pleasures as thine eye its tears, and both leave loathsome furrows..
Men might be better if we better deemed of them..
We live not to ourselves, our work is life..
Youth might be wise; we suffer less from pains than pleasures..
We love and live in power; it is the spirit's end. Mind must subdue; to conquer is its life..
The truth of truths is love..
The goodness of the heart is shown in deeds Of peacefulness and kindness. Hand and heart Are one thing with the good, as thou should'st be. Do my wor….
Grief hallows hearts, even while it ages heads..
We must not pluck death from the Maker's hand..
The temples perish, but the God still lives..
Where imperfection ceaseth, heaven begins..
Fulfill thy fate! Be-do-bear-and thank God..
It is much less what we do than what we think, which fits us for the future..
Lowliness is the base of every virtue, And he who goes the lowest builds the safest..
The long days are no happier than the short ones..
Let us think less of men and more of God..
Wan night, the shadow goer, came stepping in..
My favoured temple is an humble heart..
The course of Nature seems a course of Death, And nothingness the whole substantial thing..
It is sad To see the light of beauty wane away, Know eyes are dimming, bosoms shrivelling, feet Losing their springs, and limbs their lily roundness;….
Error is worse than ignorance..