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
long long-day
The long days are no happier than the short ones.
life long age
It matters not how long we live but how.
love life-is without-love
Life is less than nothing without love.
love-is sea poet
A poet not in love is out at sea; He must have a lay-figure.
art god nature
Art is man's nature; nature is God's art.
dream states happens
Dreams are rudiments Of the great state to come. We dream what is About to happen.
eye tired looks
I am tired of looking on what is, One might as well see beauty never more, As look upon it with an empty eye. I would this world were over. I am tired.
ignorance errors
Error is worse than ignorance.
faith uplifting eye
True faith nor biddeth nor abideth form, The bended knee, the eye uplift; is all Which men need render; all which God can bear. What to the faith are forms? A passing speck, A crow upon the sky.
stars air shining
When I forget that the stars shine in air-- When I forget that beauty is in stars-- When I forget that love with beauty is-- Will I forget thee: till then all things else.
future lifts shrouds
Oh, could we lift the future's sable shroud.
ungrateful-people scoundrels obligation
It is no great misfortune to oblige ungrateful people, but an unsupportable one to be forced to be under an obligation to a scoundrel.
joy bubbles
Joys Are bubble-like--what makes them bursts them too.
acquisition harvest application
Application is the price to be paid for mental acquisition. To have the harvest, we must sow the seed.