Lord of
Lord of
sweet sound language
I love the language, it sounds as if it should be writ on satin with syllables which breathe of the sweet South
change science advice
[My advice] will one day be found With other relics of 'a former world,' When this world shall be former, underground, Thrown topsy-turvy, twisted, crisped, and curled, Baked, fried or burnt, turned inside-out, or drowned, Like all the worlds before, which have been hurled First out of, and then back again to Chaos, The Superstratum which will overlay us.
play hands age
Good work and joyous play go hand in hand. When play stops, old age begins. Play keeps you from taking life too seriously.
laughter philosophy medicine
Always laugh when you can; it is cheap medicine. Merriment is a philosophy not well understood. It is the sunny side of existence.
hate writing
One hates an author that's all author.
beach laughter spring
And the small ripple spilt upon the beach Scarcely o'erpass'd the cream of your champagne, When o'er the brim the sparkling bumpers reach, That spring-dew of the spirit! the heart's rain! Few things surpass old wine; and they may preach Who please,—the more because they preach in vain,— Let us have wine and women, mirth and laughter, Sermons and soda-water the day after.
blushing wells pure
Pure friendship's well-feigned blush.
light ears oar
On the ear Drops the light drip of the suspended oar.
sadness tales saddest
Of all tales 'tis the saddest--and more sad, Because it makes us smile.
fall rome world
When falls the Coliseum, Rome shall fall; And when Rome falls--the World.
winning despair might
Maidens, like moths, are ever caught, by glare, And Mammon wins his way where seraphs might despair.
heart gold vices
A thirst for gold, The beggar's vice, which can but overwhelm The meanest hearts.
real greek doubt
It is by far the most elegant worship, hardly excepting the Greek mythology. What with incense, pictures, statues, altars, shrines, relics, and the real presence, confession, absolution, - there is something sensible to grasp at. Besides, it leaves no possibility of doubt; for those who swallow their Deity, really and truly, in transubstantiation, can hardly find any thing else otherwise than easy of digestion.
passion names magic
I have a passion for the name of "Mary," For once it was a magic sound to me, And still it half calls up the realms of fairy, Where I beheld what never was to be.