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James Grahame Quotes

1765–1811 Scotland

James Grahame (22 April 1765 – 14 September 1811) was a Scottish poet and clergyman. His best-known poem, The Sabbath, combines devotional feeling with vivid description of Scottish scenery.

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How still the morning of the hallow'd day!
Mute is the voice of rural labour, hush'd
The ploughboy's whistle, and the milkmaid's song.

A second blow of many flowers appears,
Flowers faintly ting'd and breathing no perfume.
But fruits, not blossoms, form the woodland wreath
That circles Autumn's brow.

Nature gives a parting smile.
As yet the blue-bells linger on the sod
That copes the sheepfold ring; and in the woods
A second blow of many flowers appears,
Flowers faintly ting'd and breathing no perfume.
But fruits, not blossoms, form the woodland wreath
That circles Autumn's brow.

The helm may rust, the laurel bough may fade,
Oblivion's grasp may blunt the victor's blade:
But that bright holy wreath which learning gives,
Untorn by hate, unharm'd by envy lives.

Misattributed

'Tis thine to curb the passions' madd'ning sway,
And wipe the mourner's bitter tear away;
'Tis thine to soothe when hope itself has fled,
And cheer with angel smile the sufferer's bed;
To give to earth its charm, to life its zest,
One only task, — to bless, and to be blest.

Misattributed

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: James Grahame (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.