For me the diamond dawns are set In rings of beauty.

- John Townsend Trowbridge

With years a richer life begins, the spirit mellow: ripe age gives tones to violins, wine, and good fellows.

- John Townsend Trowbridge

We are two travelers, Roger and I. Roger's my dog-come here, you scamp! Jump for the gentleman-mind your eye! Over the table,-look out for the lamp! …

- John Townsend Trowbridge

A flower more sacred than far-seen success Perfumes my solitary path; I find Sweet compensation in my humbleness, And reap the harvest of a quiet min…

- John Townsend Trowbridge

Our days, our deeds, all we achieve or are, Lay folded in our infancy; the things Of good or ill we choose while yet unborn.

- John Townsend Trowbridge

Men are polished, through act and speech, Each by each, As pebbles are smoothed on the rolling beach.

- John Townsend Trowbridge

Of nothing comes nothing: springs rise not above Their source in the far-hidden heart of the mountains: Whence then have descended the Wisdom and Lov…

- John Townsend Trowbridge

The speckled sky is dim with snow, The light flakes falter and fall slow; Athwart the hill-top, rapt and pale, Silently drops a silvery veil; And all…

- John Townsend Trowbridge

I keep some portion of my early gleam; Brokenly bright, like moonbeams on a river, It lights my life, a far illusive dream, Moves as I move, and l…

- John Townsend Trowbridge