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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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Prayer is the spirit speaking truth to Truth.
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Youth might be wise we suffer less from pains than pleasures.
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Stars which stand as thick as dewdrops on the field of heaven.
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The course of Nature seems a course of Death, And nothingness the whole substantial thing.
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Kindness is wisdom. There is none in life But needs it and may learn.
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My favoured temple is an humble heart.
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Life is as serious a thing as death.
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None but God can fill the perfect whole.
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Leave the poor Some time for self-improvement. Let them not Be forced to grind the bones out of their arms For bread, but have some space to think and feel Like moral and immortal creatures.
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Evil is limited. One cannot form A scheme for universal evil.
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The dew, 'Tis of the tears which stars weep, sweet with joy.
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True faith nor biddeth nor abideth form, The bended knee, the eye uplift is all Which men need render all which God can bear. What to the faith are forms? A passing speck, A crow upon the sky.
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The heart is its own Fate.
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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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Where doubt there truth is - 'tis her shadow.
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