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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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Where doubt there truth is - 'tis her shadow.
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Life is as serious a thing as death.
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As the master so the valet.
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Dreams are rudiments Of the great state to come. We dream what is About to happen.
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Men might be better if we better deemed of them.
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I have a heart with room for every joy .
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Youth might be wise we suffer less from pains than pleasures.
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And these are joys, like beauty, but skin deep.
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All are of the race of God, and have in themselves good.
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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 wind breathes not, and the wave Walks softly as above a grave.
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Hell is more bearable than nothingness.
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The dew, 'Tis of the tears which stars weep, sweet with joy.
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The sole equality on earth is death.
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