James Branch Cabell on Christmas
1879–1958 United States
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Love, I take it, must look toward something not quite accessible, something not quite understood.
The Cream of the Jest (1917)
Whatever pretended pessimists in search of notoriety may say, most people are naturally kind, at heart.
The Cream of the Jest (1917)
There is no gift more great than love.
The Silver Stallion (1926)
Sad hours and glad hours, and all hours, pass over;
One thing unshaken stays:
Life, that hath Death for spouse, hath Chance for lover;
Whereby decays
Each thing save one thing: — mid this strife diurnal
Of hourly change begot,
Love that is God-born, bides as God eternal,
And changes not; — Nor means a tinseled dream pursuing lovers
Find altered by-and-bye,
When, with possession, time anon discovers
Trapped dreams must die, —
For he that visions God, of mankind gathers
One manlike trait alone,
And reverently imputes to Him a father's
Love for his son.
The Certain Hour (1916)