Philip James Bailey
Philip James Bailey
Philip James Baileywas an English Spasmodic poet, best known as the author of Festus...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth22 April 1816
gold would-be rich
If all were rich, gold would be penniless.
fate soul thrones
Obey thy genius, for a minister it is unto the throne of fate. Draw to thy soul, and centralize the rays which are around of the Divinity.
doubt shadow
Doubt is the shadow of truth.
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.