6 quotes
Though old the thought and oft exprest,
'Tis his at last who says it best.
Under the Willows and Other Poems (1869)
Darkness is strong, and so is Sin,
But only God endures forever!
Under the Willows and Other Poems (1869)
Not failure, but low aim, is crime.
Under the Willows and Other Poems (1869)
The snow had begun in the gloaming,
And busily all the night
Had been heaping field and highway
With a silence deep and white.
Under the Willows and Other Poems (1869)
God, give us peace! not such as lulls to sleep,
But sword on thigh and brow with purpose knit!
And let our Ship of State to harbor sweep,
Her ports all up, her battle lanterns lit,
And her leashed thunders gathering for their leap!
Under the Willows and Other Poems (1869)
Along A River-Side, I Know Not Where,
I walked one night in mystery of dream;
A chill creeps curdling yet beneath my hair,
To think what chanced me by the pallid gleam
Of a moon-wraith that waned through haunted air.
Under the Willows and Other Poems (1869)