Fitz-Greene Halleck Quotes

• None knew thee but to love thee.

  Fitz-Greene Halleck

  Love, Thee

  'On the Death of Joseph Rodman Drake'

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• The wild-flower wreath of feeling, the sunbeam of the heart.

  Fitz-Greene Halleck

  Flower, Heart, Feelings

  Fitz-Greene HALLECK (1847). “The Poetical Works of F. H. Now First Collected”, p.52

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• Strike-for your altars and your fires;
  Strike-for the green graves of your sires;
  God-and your native land!

  Fitz-Greene Halleck

  Fire, Land, Patriotism

  Fitz-Greene Halleck (1827). “Alnwick Castle, with Other Poems”, p.11

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• Ere the dolphin dies
  Its hues are brightest. Like an infant's breath
  Are tropic winds before the voice of death.

  Fitz-Greene Halleck

  Death, Wind, Voice

  Fitz-Greene Halleck (1821). “Fanny”, p.59

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• I sorrow that all fair things must decay.

  Fitz-Greene Halleck

  Sorrow, Decay, Fairs

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• Beauty,--the fading rainbow's pride.

  Fitz-Greene Halleck

  Beauty, Pride, Rainbow

  Fitz-Greene HALLECK (1847). “The Poetical Works of F. H. Now First Collected”, p.91

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• They love their land, because it is their own, And scorn to give aught other reason why; Would shake hands with a king upon his throne, And think it kindness to his majesty. - Fitz

  Fitz-Greene Halleck

  Country, Kings, Kindness

  'Connecticut'

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• There is an evening twilight of the heart, When its wild passion-waves are lulled to rest.

  Fitz-Greene Halleck

  Twilight, Passion, Heart

  Fitz-Greene Halleck (1827). “Alnwick Castle, with Other Poems”, p.31

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• It is a rich storehouse for those who love quotations. It is as full of fine bon mots as a Christmas pudding is full of plums.

  Fitz-Greene Halleck

  Pudding, Plums, Rich

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• Green be the turf above thee,
  Friend of my better days!
  None knew thee but to love thee,
  Nor named thee but to praise.

  Fitz-Greene Halleck

  Death, Green, Better Days

  'On the Death of Joseph Rodman Drake'

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• What is man's love? His vows are broke even while his parting kiss is warm.

  Fitz-Greene Halleck

  Kissing, Men, Vow

  Fitz-Greene Halleck (1848). “The Poetical Works of Fitz-Greene Halleck: Now First Collected. Illustrated with Steel Engravings, from Drawings by American Artists”, p.88

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• And thou art terrible--the tear,
  The groan, the knell, the pall, the bier;
  And all we know, or dream, or fear
  Of agony, are thine.

  Fitz-Greene Halleck

  Death, Dream, Art

  Fitz-Greene Halleck (1827). “Alnwick Castle, with Other Poems”, p.13

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• This bank-note world.

  Fitz-Greene Halleck

  Money, World, Notes

  Fitz-Greene Halleck (1848). “The Poetical Works of Fitz-Greene Halleck: Now First Collected. Illustrated with Steel Engravings, from Drawings by American Artists”, p.15

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• Come to the bridal-chamber, Death!
  Come to the mother's, when she feels,
  For the first time, her first-born's breath!
  Come when the blessed seals
  That close the pestilence are broke,
  And crowded cities wail its stroke!

  Fitz-Greene Halleck

  Death, Mother, Blessed

  Fitz-Greene Halleck (1827). “Alnwick Castle, with Other Poems”, p.12

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• And Burns--though brief the race he ran,
  Though rough and dark the paths he trod,
  Lived--died--in form and soul a man,
  The image of his God.

  Fitz-Greene Halleck

  Dark, Men, Race

  Fitz-Greene Halleck (1827). “Alnwick Castle, with Other Poems”, p.20

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• I cannot spare the luxury of believing that all things beautiful are what they seem.

  Fitz-Greene Halleck

  Beautiful, Believe, Luxury

  Fitz-Greene Halleck (1848). “The Poetical Works of Fitz-Greene Halleck: Now First Collected. Illustrated with Steel Engravings, from Drawings by American Artists”, p.64

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