Charles Godfrey Leland Quotes
1824–1903 United States
Charles Godfrey Leland (August 15 1824 – March 20 1903) was an American humorist and folklorist.
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Also known as: Leland, Charles Godfrey
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Love leads to present rapture,—then to pain;
But all through Love in time is healed again.
The brave deserve the lovely—every woman may be won.
Life will be lengthened while growing, for
Thought is the measure of life.
If all the world must see the world
As the world the world hath seen,
Then it were better for the world
That the world had never been.
Hans Breitmann gife a barty—
Where ish dat barty now?
Hans Breitmann's Party (1871)
The Lord of Learning who upraised mankind
From being silent brutes to singing men.
Time fleeth on,
Youth soon is gone,
Naught earthly may abide;
Life seemeth fast,
But may not last—
It runs as runs the tide.
They saw a Dream of Loveliness descending from the train.
Dark eyes—eternal soul of pride!
Deep life in all that's true!
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Away, away to other skies!
Away o'er seas and sands!
Such eyes as those were never made
To shine in other lands.
I pray your Highness mark this curious herb:
Touch it but lightly, stroke it softly, Sir,
And it gives forth an odor sweet and rare;
But crush it harshly and you'll make a scent
Most disagreeable.