Jean Ingelow
Jean Ingelow
Jean Ingelow, was an English poet and novelist...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth17 March 1820
women sage poet
O woman! thou wert fashioned to beguile: So have all sages said, all poets sung.
life wish
we wish for more in life rather than more of it.
peace past soul
Yet there are some resting-places, / Life's untroubled interludes; / Times when neither past nor future / On the soul's deep calm intrudes.
tears world showers
Tears are the showers that fertilize this world ...
teenage sides youth
Youth! youth! how buoyant are thy hopes! they turn, like marigolds, toward the sunny side.
birthday thoughtful rose
A birthday:-and now a day that rose With much of hope, with meaning rife- A thoughtful day from dawn to close: The middle day of human life.
brother way bitter
And bitter waxed the fray; Brother with brother spake no word When they met in the way.
flower moon night
The moon looks upon many night flowers; the night flowers see but one moon.
hard-life reason hard
It is not reason which makes faith hard, but life.
life long desire
From henceforth thou shalt learn that there is love To long for, pureness to desire, a mount Of consecration it were good to scale.
life feet stronger
There is but halting for the wearied foot; The better way is hidden. Faith hath failed; One stronger far than reason mastered her. It is not reason makes faith hard, but life.
happy fashion joy
It is a comely fashion to be glad; Joy is the grace we say to God.
time long happy-day
How short our happy days appear! How long the sorrowful!
flower good-day light
Her face betokened all things dear and good, The light of somewhat yet to come was there Asleep, and waiting for the opening day, When childish thoughts, like flowers would drift away.