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
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.
men thinking kind-deeds
Let each man think himself an act of God, His mind a thought, his life a breath of God; And let each try, by great thoughts and good deeds, To show the most of Heaven he hath in him.
respect giving ethics
Respect is what we owe; love, what we give.
pride looks flood
When pride thaws, look for floods.
air imagination mind
Imagination is the air of mind.
power use
He hath no power that hath not power to use.
music
Music tells no truths.