He teaches best, Who feels the hearts of all men in his breast, And knows their strength or weakness through his own.
BAYARD TAYLORWrapped in his sad-colored cloak, the Day, like a Puritan, standeth Stern in the joyless fields, rebuking the lingering color,– Dying hectic of leaves and the chilly blue of the asters,– Hearing, perchance, the croak of a crow on the desolate tree-top.
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Death is not rare, alas! nor burials few, And soon the grassy coverlet of God Spreads equal green above their ashes pale.
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And rest, that strengthens unto virtuous deeds, Is one with Prayer.
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Those who would attain to any marked degree of excellence in a chosen pursuit must work, and work hard for it, prince or peasant.
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Higher than the perfect song For which love longeth, Is the tender fear of wrong, That never wrongeth.
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Love is better than Fame.
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Sweeter than the stolen kiss Are the granted kisses
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We follow and race In shifting chase, Over the boundless ocean-space! Who hath beheld when the race begun? Who shall behold it run?
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Mock jewelry on a woman is tangible vulgarity.
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Life lives only in success.
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Pansies in soft April rains Fill their stalks with honeyed sap Drawn from Earth’s prolific lap.
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Pens carry further than rifled cannon.
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Alone each heart must cover up its dead; Alone, through bitter toil, achieve its rest.
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To Truth’s house there is a single door, which is experience.
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Love’s humility is love’s true pride.
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Could one live on the sense of beauty alone, exempt from the necessity of ‘creature comforts,’ a sea-voyage would be delightful.
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