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Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech.
Proverbial Philosophy (1838)
Tell me, ye that strive in vain to cramp and dwarf the soul,
Wherefore should it cease to be, and when shall essence die?
Proverbial Philosophy (1838)
Never give up! it is wiser and better
Always to hope, than once to despair.
Fling off the load of Doubt's cankering fetter,
And break the dark spell of tyrannical care.
Ballads for the Times (1851)
A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.
Proverbial Philosophy (1838)
Wait, thou child of hope, for Time shall teach thee all things.
Proverbial Philosophy (1838)
God, from a beautiful necessity, is Love.
For the deepest in feeling is highest in rank,
The freest is first of the band,
Nature's own Nobleman, friendly and frank,
Is a man with his heart in his hand!
Nature's Nobleman (1844)
Who can wrestle against Sleep? — Yet is that giant very gentleness.
Proverbial Philosophy (1838)
The dews of Hermon rest upon thee now,
Fair saint and martyr! and yet once again
Faith, hope and charity, like gracious rain,
Fall on thy consecrated virgin brow.
Ballads for the Times (1851)
Deceit and treachery skulk with hatred, but an honest spirit flieth with anger.
A babe in a house is a well-spring of pleasure.
There is a limit to enjoyment, though the sources of wealth be boundless
And the choicest pleasures of life lie within the ring of moderation.
Proverbial Philosophy (1838)
A babe in the house is a well-spring of pleasure, a messenger of peace and love, a resting place for innocence on earth, a link between angels and men.
Proverbial Philosophy (1838)
For life, good youth, hath never an ill
Which hope cannot scatter, and faith cannot kill;
And stubborn realities never shall bind
The free-spreading wings of a cheerful mind.
Ballads for the Times (1851)
Clamorous pauperism feasteth
While honest Labor, pining, hideth his sharp ribs.
Proverbial Philosophy (1838)
Naples sitteth by the sea, keystone of an arch of azure,
Crowned by consenting nations peerless queen of gayety:
She laugheth at the wrath of Ocean, she mocketh the fury of Vesuvius,
She spurneth disease, and misery, and famine, that crowd her sunny streets.
Proverbial Philosophy (1838)
Error is a hardy plant; it flourisheth in every soil;
In the heart of the wise and good, alike with the wicked and foolish;
For there is no error so crooked, but it hath in it some lines of truth;
Nor is any poison so deadly, that it serveth not some wholesome use.
Proverbial Philosophy (1838)
A dream, a dream, — it is all a dream,
A strange, sad dream, good sooth;
For old as I am, and old as I seem,
My heart is full of youth.
A Thousand Lines (1846)
Rise! ye gallant youth of Britain,
Gather to your country's call,
On your hearts her name is written,
Rise to help her, one and all!
Ballads for the Times (1851)
God, from a beautiful necessity, is Love in all he doeth,
Love, a brilliant fire, to gladden or consume:
The wicked work their woe by looking upon love, and hating it:
The righteous find their joys in yearning on its loveliness for ever.
Proverbial Philosophy (1838)