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For as nightingales do upon glow-worms feed, So poets live upon the living light.

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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P. J. Bailey
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The poet's pen is the true divining rod Which trembles towards the inner founts of feeling Bringing to light and use, else hid from all, The many sweet clear sources which we have of good and beauty in our own deep bosoms And marks the variations of all mind As does the needle.
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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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Naught but God Can satisfy the soul.
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A poet not in love is out at sea He must have a lay-figure.
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The worst men often give the best advice. Our deeds are sometimes better than our thoughts.
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Ah, nothing comes to us too soon but sorrow.
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The strongest passion which I have is honor.
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None but God can fill the perfect whole.
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One thought settles a life, an immortality.
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Dreams are rudiments Of the great state to come. We dream what is About to happen.
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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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Words are the motes of thought, and nothing more.
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The sole equality on earth is death.
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The value of a thought cannot be told.
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I have a heart with room for every joy .
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Write to the mind and heart, and let the ear Glean after what it can.
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When I forget that the stars shine in air-- When I forget that beauty is in stars-- When I forget that love with beauty is-- Will I forget thee: till then all things else.
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