Thomas Haynes Bayly Quotes

• Absence makes the heart grow fonder. Prolonged absence makes the heart forget.

  Thomas Haynes Bayly

  Heart, Forget, Absence

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• Fly away, pretty moth, to the shade Of the leaf where you slumbered all day; Be content with the moon and the stars, pretty moth, And make use of your wings while you may. . . . . But tho' dreams of delight may have dazzled you quite, They at last found it dangerous play; Many things in this world that look bright, pretty moth, Only dazzle to lead us astray.

  Thomas Haynes Bayly

  Dream, Stars, Moon

  Thomas Haynes Bayly (1844). “Songs, Ballads, and Other Poems”, p.249

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• Tell me the tales that to me were so dear, Long, long ago, long, long ago.

  Thomas Haynes Bayly

  Memories, Long Ago, Tales

  "Long, Long Ago" (song) (ca. 1835)

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• The rose that all are praising
  Is not the rose for me.

  Thomas Haynes Bayly

  Flower, Rose, Praise

  Thomas Haynes Bayly (1844). “Songs and Ballads, Grave and Gay”, p.73

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• Where's the hope that can abate
  The grief of hearts thus desolate
  That can Youth's keenest pangs assuage,
  And mitigate the gloom of Age?
  Religion bids the tempest cease,
  And, leads her to a port of peace;
  And on, the lonely pilot steers
  Through the lapse of future years.

  Thomas Haynes Bayly

  Hope, Lonely, Grief

  Thomas Haynes Bayly (1844). “Songs, Ballads, and Other Poems”, p.103

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• Oh! where do fairies hide their heads, When snow lies on the hills, When frost has spoiled their mossy beds, And crystallized their rills?

  Thomas Haynes Bayly

  Lying, Angel, Snow

  Thomas Haynes Bayly (1844). “Songs and Ballads, Grave and Gay”, p.61

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• Friends depart, and memory takes them To her caverns, pure and deep.

  Thomas Haynes Bayly

  Friendship, Memories, Caverns

  Thomas Haynes Bayly (1844). “Songs and Ballads, Grave and Gay”, p.48

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• She wore a wreath of roses,
  The night that first we met.

  Thomas Haynes Bayly

  Flower, Night, Rose

  Thomas Haynes Bayly (1844). “Songs and Ballads, Grave and Gay”, p.131

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• Those that have wealth must be watchful and wary,
  Power, alas! naught but misery brings!

  Thomas Haynes Bayly

  Misery, Wealth, Alas

  "I'd be a Butterfly". "Bartlett's Familiar Quotations", 10th edition, 1919.

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• I'm saddest when I sing.

  Thomas Haynes Bayly

  Music, Saddest

  Thomas Haynes Bayly (1844). “Songs and Ballads, Grave and Gay”, p.59

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• Why don't the men propose, Mamma? Why don't the men propose?

  Thomas Haynes Bayly

  Men, He Man, Propose

  Thomas Haynes Bayly (1844). “Songs, Ballads, and Other Poems”, p.192

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• I'd be a butterfly; living a rover, Dying when fair things are fading away.

  Thomas Haynes Bayly

  Butterfly, Dying, Fading Away

  Thomas Haynes Bayly (1844). “Songs, Ballads, and Other Poems”, p.55

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• Oh, pilot! 'tis a fearful night, There's danger on the deep.

  Thomas Haynes Bayly

  Fear, Night, Pilots

  Thomas Haynes Bayly (1844). “Songs and Ballads, Grave and Gay”, p.42

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• Fear not, but trust in Providence, Wherever thou may'st be.

  Thomas Haynes Bayly

  Trust, Fear, May

  Thomas Haynes Bayly (1844). “Songs and Ballads, Grave and Gay”, p.42

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• Oh, I have roamed o'er many lands,
  And many friends I've met;
  Not one fair scene or kindly smile
  Can this fond heart forget.

  Thomas Haynes Bayly

  Heart, Land, Forget

  "Oh, steer my Bark to Erin's Isle". "Bartlett's Familiar Quotations", 10th edition, 1919.

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• Surely 't is better, when summer is over To die when all fair things are fading away.

  Thomas Haynes Bayly

  Summer, Fading Away, Dies

  Thomas Haynes Bayly (1844). “Songs, Ballads, and Other Poems”, p.55

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• The mistletoe hung in the castle hall,
  The holly branch shone on the old oak wall.

  Thomas Haynes Bayly

  Christmas, Wall, Hollies

  "The Mistletoe Bough". "Bartlett's Familiar Quotations", 10th edition, 1919.

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• O give me new figures! I can't go on dancing The same that were taught me ten seasons ago; The schoolmaster over the land is advancing, Then why is the master of dancing so slow? It is such a bore to be always caught tripping In dull uniformity year after year; Invent something new, and you'll set me a skipping: I want a new figure to dance with my Dear!

  Thomas Haynes Bayly

  Years, Land, Giving

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