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
time years feelings
We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not breaths; In feelings, not in figures on a dial.
envy coal hot
Envy's a coal comes hissing hot from Hell.
miracle believer
Every believer is God's miracle.
love thinking might
Could we but think with the intensity we love with, we might do great things.
mistake wind rivers
Who can mistake great thoughts? They seize upon the mind; arrest and search, And shake it; bow the tall soul as by wind; Rush over it like a river reeds.
sadness
The ground of all great thoughts is sadness.
grief heart age
Grief hallows hearts, even while it ages heads.
god soul
Naught but God Can satisfy the soul.
fate thank-god bears
Fulfill thy fate! Be-do-bear-and thank God.
soul may chance
How slight a chance may raise or sink a soul!
hero passion heart
The hero is the world-man, in whose heart One passion stands for all, the most indulged.
future thinking fit
It is much less what we do than what we think, which fits us for the future.
hands evil left
Evil and good are God's right hand and left.
nature art men
Art is a man's nature; nature is God's art.