James Montgomery
James Montgomery
art flower blue
Blue thou art, intensely blue; Flower, whence came thy dazzling hue?
flower dark snow
Dark-green and gemm'd with flowers of snow, With close uncrowded branches spread Not proudly high, nor meanly low, A graceful myrtle rear'd its head.
flower eye air
Eagle of flowers! I see thee stand, And on the sun's noon-glory gaze; With eye like his, thy lids expand, And fringe their disk with golden rays: Though fix'd on earth, in darkness rooted there, Light is thy element, thy dwelling air, Thy prospect heaven.
flower eye sky
There is a flower, a little flower With silver crest and golden eye, That welcomes every changing hour, And weathers every sky.
friend hath hearts lost union
Friend after friend departs; who hath not lost a friend?There is no union here of hearts that hath not here its end.
friend hath hearts lost union
Friend after friend departs; who hath not lost a friend? There is no union here of hearts that hath not here its end.
hope till
Hope against hope, and ask till ye receive.
coming schools
A lot of the schools are still coming pretty hard.
anyone except law speak urge
I would urge you not to speak to anyone except law enforcement or your attorney.
death moving home
Yet nightly pitch my moving tent, a day's march nearer home.
years heaven tears
Beyond this vale of tears there is a life above. unmeasured by the flight of years; and all that life is love.
past joy lasts
Joys too exquisite to last, And yet more exquisite when past.
past joy lasts
Bliss in possession will not last; Remembered joys are never past.
life-and-death bears scene
Who that hath ever been Could bear to be no more? Yet who would tread again the scene He trod through life before?