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Poetry is itself a thing of God He made his prophets poets and the more We feel of poesie do we become Like God in love and power,-under-makers.
Philip James Bailey
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Philip James Bailey
Age: 86 †
Born: 1816
Born: April 22
Died: 1902
Died: September 6
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I cannot be content with less than heaven.
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It is much less what we do than what we think, which fits us for the future.
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The goodness of the heart is shown in deeds Of peacefulness and kindness. Hand and heart Are one thing with the good, as thou should'st be. Do my words trouble thee? then treasure them, Pain overgot gives peace, as death doth Heaven. All things that speak of Heaven speak of peace.
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The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat one's self.
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Ah, nothing comes to us too soon but sorrow.
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For as nightingales do upon glow-worms feed, So poets live upon the living light.
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Grief hallows hearts, even while it ages heads.
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For ivy climbs the crumbling hall To decorate decay.
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Words are the motes of thought, and nothing more.
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Fine thoughts are wealth, for the right use of which Men are and ought to be accountable,-- If not to Thee, to those they influence.
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The dew, 'Tis of the tears which stars weep, sweet with joy.
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My favoured temple is an humble heart.
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Look on the bee upon the wing 'mong flowers How brave, how bright his life! then mark, him hiv'd, Cramp'd, cringing in his self-built, social cell, Thus it is in the world-hive most where men Lie deep in cities as in drifts.
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The wind breathes not, and the wave Walks softly as above a grave.
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The strongest passion which I have is honor.
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I cannot love as I have loved, And yet I know not why It is the one great woe of life To feel all feeling die.
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Dreams are rudiments Of the great state to come. We dream what is About to happen.
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Walk boldly and wisely.... There is a hand above that will help you on.
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None but God can fill the perfect whole.
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The value of a thought cannot be told.
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