Such a slender moon, going up and up, Waxing so fast from night to night, And swelling like an orange flower-bud, bright, Fated, methought, to round as to a golden cup, And hold to my two lips life's best of wine.
O sleep, we are beholden to thee, sleep; Thou bearest angels to us in the night, Saints out of heaven with palms. Seen by thy light Sorrow is some ol… - Jean Ingelow
O sleep, we are beholden to thee, sleep; Thou bearest angels to us in the night, Saints out of heaven with palms. Seen by thy light Sorrow is some ol…
- Jean Ingelow
I have lived to thank God that all my prayers have not been answered. - Jean Ingelow
I have lived to thank God that all my prayers have not been answered.
The moon looks upon many night flowers; the night flowers see but one moon. - Jean Ingelow
The moon looks upon many night flowers; the night flowers see but one moon.
I am glad to think I am not bound to make the world go right, but only to discover and to do, with cheerful heart, the work that God appoints. - Jean Ingelow
I am glad to think I am not bound to make the world go right, but only to discover and to do, with cheerful heart, the work that God appoints.
Man is the miracle in nature. God Is the One Miracle to man. - Jean Ingelow
Man is the miracle in nature. God Is the One Miracle to man.
we wish for more in life rather than more of it. - Jean Ingelow
we wish for more in life rather than more of it.
A healthful hunger for a great idea is the beauty and blessedness of life. - Jean Ingelow
A healthful hunger for a great idea is the beauty and blessedness of life.
It is not reason which makes faith hard, but life. - Jean Ingelow
It is not reason which makes faith hard, but life.
When I remember something which I had, But which is gone, and I must do without, I sometimes wonder how I can be glad, Even in cowslip time when hedg… - Jean Ingelow
When I remember something which I had, But which is gone, and I must do without, I sometimes wonder how I can be glad, Even in cowslip time when hedg…
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