Above Coblentz almost every mountain has a ruin and a legend. One feels everywhere the spirit of the past, and its stirring recollections come back upon the mind with irresistible force.
BAYARD TAYLORCould 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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The Poet’s leaves are gathered one by one, In the slow process of the doubtful years.
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The maxims tell you to aim at perfection, which is well; but it’s unattainable, all the same.
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The stream from Wisdom’s well, Which God supplies, is inexhaustible.
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By wisdom wealth is won; but riches purchased wisdom yet for none.
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And rest, that strengthens unto virtuous deeds, Is one with Prayer.
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Peace the offspring is of Power.
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The glories of the possible are ours.
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Women are not apt to be won by the charms of verse.
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Love is better than Fame.
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Fame is what you have taken, / Character’s what you give; / When to this truth you waken, / Then you begin to live.
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Sweeter than the stolen kiss Are the granted kisses
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And far and wide, in a scarlet tide, The poppy’s bonfire spread.
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But who will watch my lilies, When their blossoms open white? By day the sun shall be sentry, And the moon and the stars by night!
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I know I am–that simplest bliss The millions of my brothers miss. I know the fortune to be born, Even to the meanest wretch they scorn.
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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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