John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
Rihard Henry Stoddard 1825-1903 John Bartlett
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We have two lives about us, Two worlds in which we dwell, Within us and without us, Alternate Heaven and Hell:— Without, the somber Real, Within, our hearts of hearts, the beautiful Ideal. |
The Castle in the Air. |
2 |
Silence is the speech of love, The music of the spheres above. |
Speech of Love. |
3 |
Pale in her fading bowers the Summer stands, Like a new Niobe with claspèd hands, Silent above the flowers, her children lost, Slain by the arrows of the early Frost. |
Ode. |
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There are gains for all our losses, There are balms for all our pain. |
The Flight of Youth. |
5 |
Joy may be a miser, But Sorrow’s purse is free. |
Persian Song. |
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Not what we would, but what we must Makes up the sum of living; Heaven is both more and less than just In taking and in giving. |
The Country Life. |
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A face at the window, A tap on the pane; Who is it that wants me To-night in the rain? |
The Messenger at Night. |
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It beckons, I follow. Good-by to the light, I am going, O whither? Out into the night. |
The Messenger at Night. |