54 quotes
Something begins.
Something is full of change and sparkling stars.
Something is loosed that changes all the world.
A Child is Born (1942)
Rise up! The loves we had were not enough.
Something is loosed to change the shaken world,
And with it we must change!
A Child is Born (1942)
We are the earth his word must sow like wheat
And, if it finds no earth, it cannot grow.
A Child is Born (1942)
The north and the west and the south are good hunting ground, but it is forbidden to go east.
By the Waters of Babylon (1937)
The time is — time. The place is anywhere.
The voices speak to you across the air
To say that once again a child is born.
A child is born.
A Child is Born (1942)
He shall not come to conquest,
The conquest of kings,
But in the bare stable
He shall judge all things.
A Child is Born (1942)
American muse, whose strong and diverse heart
So many men have tried to understand
But only made it smaller with their art,
Because you are as various as your land.
John Brown's Body (1928)
Neighbor, how stands the Union?
The Devil and Daniel Webster (1937)
If the hunters think we do all things by chants and spells, they may believe so — it does not hurt them.
By the Waters of Babylon (1937)
Well, it's a long time coming,
And, meanwhile, we're the wheat between the stones.
A Child is Born (1942)
Something begins, begins;
Starlit and sunlit, something walks abroad
In flesh and spirit and fire.
Something is loosed to change the shaken world.
A Child is Born (1942)
Icarus, Icarus, though the end is piteous,
Yet forever, yea, forever we shall see thee rising thus,
See the first supernal glory, not the ruin hideous.
Young Adventure (1918)
The spirit of man has awakened and the soul of man has gone forth. Grant us the wisdom and the vision to comprehend the greatness of man's spirit, that suffers and endures so hugely for a goal beyond his own brief span.
Prayer (1942)
If two New Hampshiremen aren't a match for the devil, we might as well give the country back to the Indians.
The Devil and Daniel Webster (1937)
You will have money and all that money can buy.
The Devil and Daniel Webster (1937)
Finally, it was time for him to get up on his feet, and he did so, all ready to bust out with lightning and denunciations.
The Devil and Daniel Webster (1937)
For his voice could search the heart, and that was his gift and his strength.
The Devil and Daniel Webster (1937)
Like a great word once known and lost
And meaning all things.
Young Adventure (1918)
Perhaps 'tis not strictly in accordance with the evidence … but even the damned may salute the eloquence of Mr. Webster.
The Devil and Daniel Webster (1937)
I knew then that they had been men, neither gods nor demons. It is a great knowledge, hard to tell and believe. They were men — they went a dark road, but they were men.
By the Waters of Babylon (1937)