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
race good-man goodness
All are of the race of God, and have in themselves good.
god soul earth
O, there is naught on earth worth being known but God and our own souls!
god thinking men
Let us think less of men and more of God.
god dear-lord soul
Dear Lord, our God and Saviour! for Thy gifts The world were poor in thanks, though every soul Were to do nought but breathe them, every blade Of grass, and every atomie of earth To utter it like dew.
evil imperfection results
Evil then results from imperfection.
evil schemes form
Evil is limited. One cannot form A scheme for universal evil.
peace pain kindness
The goodness of the heart is shown in deeds Of peacefulness and kindness. Hand and heart Are one thing with the good, as thou should'st be. Do my words trouble thee? then treasure them, Pain overgot gives peace, as death doth Heaven. All things that speak of Heaven speak of peace.
power mind spirit
We love and live in power; it is the spirit's end. Mind must subdue; to conquer is its life.
crush two sorrow
Sorrow is a stone that crushes a single bearer to the ground, while two are able to carry it with ease.
wise pain suffering
Youth might be wise; we suffer less from pains than pleasures.
work
We live not to ourselves, our work is life.
Words are the motes of thought, and nothing more.
art women thee
Thou art a woman, And that is saying the best and worst of thee.
wind breathe wave
The wind breathes not, and the wave Walks softly as above a grave.