Tis a little thing To give a cup of water; yet its draught of cool refreshment, drain'd by fever'd lips, May give a shock of pleasure to the frame More exquisite than when nectarean juice Renews the life of joy in happiest hours.
Sympathy is the first great lesson which man should learn. It will be ill for him if he proceeds no farther; if his emotions are but excited to roll … - Thomas Noon Talfourd
Sympathy is the first great lesson which man should learn. It will be ill for him if he proceeds no farther; if his emotions are but excited to roll …
- Thomas Noon Talfourd
To him who has thought, or done, or suffered much, the level days of his childhood seem at an immeasureable distance, far off as the age of chivalry,… - Thomas Noon Talfourd
To him who has thought, or done, or suffered much, the level days of his childhood seem at an immeasureable distance, far off as the age of chivalry,…
Tis a little thing To give a cup of water; yet its draught of cool refreshment, drain'd by fever'd lips, May give a shock of pleasure to the frame Mo… - Thomas Noon Talfourd
Tis a little thing To give a cup of water; yet its draught of cool refreshment, drain'd by fever'd lips, May give a shock of pleasure to the frame Mo…
Gentleman is a term which does not apply to any station, but to the mind and the feelings in every station. - Thomas Noon Talfourd
Gentleman is a term which does not apply to any station, but to the mind and the feelings in every station.
Fill the seats of justice with good men, not so absolute in goodness as to forget what human frailty is. - Thomas Noon Talfourd
Fill the seats of justice with good men, not so absolute in goodness as to forget what human frailty is.
The mysteries of Nature and of humanity are not lessened, but increased, by the discoveries of philosophic skill. - Thomas Noon Talfourd
The mysteries of Nature and of humanity are not lessened, but increased, by the discoveries of philosophic skill.
So his life has flowed, From its mysterious urn a sacred stream, In whose calm depth the beautiful and pure, Alone are mirrored; which, though shapes… - Thomas Noon Talfourd
So his life has flowed, From its mysterious urn a sacred stream, In whose calm depth the beautiful and pure, Alone are mirrored; which, though shapes…
It is a little thing to speak a phrase of common comfort, which by daily use has almost lost its sense; yet on the ear of him who thought to die unmo… - Thomas Noon Talfourd
It is a little thing to speak a phrase of common comfort, which by daily use has almost lost its sense; yet on the ear of him who thought to die unmo…
In ourselvesIn our own honest hearts and chainless handsWill be our safeguard - Thomas Noon Talfourd
In ourselvesIn our own honest hearts and chainless handsWill be our safeguard
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