James Bailey
James Bailey
James Anthony Bailey, born James Anthony McGinnis, was an American circus ringmaster...
ProfessionOther
Date of Birth4 July 1847
CityDetroit, MI
wise ignorance errors
The truth is perilous never to the true, Nor knowledge to the wise; and to the fool, And to the false, error and truth alike, Error is worse than ignorance.
spring heart eye
It is sad To see the light of beauty wane away, Know eyes are dimming, bosoms shrivelling, feet Losing their springs, and limbs their lily roundness; But it is worse to feel the heart-spring gone, To lose hope, care not for the coming thing, And feel all things go to decay within us.
stars light names
Star canto: star speaks light, and world to world Repeats the passage of the universe To God; the name of Christ--the one great word Well worth all languages in earth or heaven.
hands helping walks
Walk boldly and wisely.... There is a hand above that will help you on.
heart joy rooms
I have a heart with room for every joy .
life long age
It matters not how long we live but how.
home heart blessedness
Blest is he whose heart is the home of the great dead and their great thoughts.
rose lips music-life
Music lives within thy lips Like a nightingale in roses.
prayer spirit praying
Prayer is the spirit speaking truth to Truth.
night forbidden-love silence
Mind and night will meet, though in silence, like forbidden lovers.
soul world
The world is a great poem, and the world's The words it is writ in, and we souls the thoughts.
stars night sorrow
Night brings out stars as sorrow shows us truths.
light heaven arches
The sun, centre and sire of light, The keystone of the world-built arch of heaven.
eye heart tears
Remember that thy heart will shed its pleasures as thine eye its tears, and both leave loathsome furrows.