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
life gratitude heart
We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not figures on a dial. We should count time by heart throbs. He most lives who thinks most, feels the noblest, acts the best.
writing heart mind
Write to the mind and heart, and let the ear Glean after what it can.
heart fate
The heart is its own Fate.
country heart england
England! my country, great and free! Heart of the world, I leap to thee!
grief heart age
Grief hallows hearts, even while it ages heads.
hero passion heart
The hero is the world-man, in whose heart One passion stands for all, the most indulged.
love art heart
Love is the art of hearts, and heart or arts.
heart sorrow knows
He who has most of heart knows most of sorrow.
sympathy heart men
Man is one; and he hath one great heart. It is thus we feel, with a gigantic throb athwart the sea, each other's rights and wrongs; thus are we men.
humble heart humble-heart
My favoured temple is an humble heart.
prayer heart earth
Any heart turned Godward feels more joyIn one short hour of prayer, than e'er was raisedBy all the feasts of earth since its foundation.
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.
heart joy rooms
I have a heart with room for every joy .
home heart blessedness
Blest is he whose heart is the home of the great dead and their great thoughts.