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• Tis light translateth night; 'tis inspiration Expounds experience; 'tis the west explains The east; 'tis time unfolds Eternity.

  Philip James Bailey

  Inspiration, Night, Light

  Philip James Bailey (1857). “Festus: a poem”, p.208

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• 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.

  Philip James Bailey

  Tired, Eye, Looks

  Philip James Bailey (1857). “Festus: a poem”, p.149

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• Ah, nothing comes to us too soon but sorrow.

  Philip James Bailey

  Sorrow

  Philip James Bailey (1857). “Festus: a poem”, p.405

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• Dewdrops, Nature's tears, which she Sheds in her own breast for the fair which die. The sun insists on gladness; but at night, When he is gone, poor Nature loves to weep.

  Philip James Bailey

  Night, Tears, Dew

  Philip James Bailey (1857). “Festus: a poem”, p.55

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• Stars which stand as thick as dewdrops on the field of heaven.

  Philip James Bailey

  Stars, Heaven, Fields

  Philip James Bailey (1857). “Festus: a poem”, p.34

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• The sun, centre and sire of light, The keystone of the world-built arch of heaven.

  Philip James Bailey

  Light, Heaven, Arches

  Philip James Bailey (1857). “Festus: a poem”, p.34

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• Ask not of me, love, what is love?
  Ask what is good of God above;
  Ask of the great sun what is light;
  Ask what is darkness of the night;
  Ask sin of what may be forgiven;
  Ask what is happiness of heaven;
  Ask what is folly of the crowd;
  Ask what is fashion of the shroud;
  Ask what is sweetness of thy kiss;
  Ask of thyself what beauty is.

  Philip James Bailey

  Love, Life, Fashion

  Philip James Bailey (1857). “Festus: a poem”, p.265

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• The value of a thought cannot be told.

  Philip James Bailey

  Values

  Philip James Bailey (1848). “Beauties of Festus”, p.140

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• How slight a chance may raise or sink a soul!

  Philip James Bailey

  Soul, May, Chance

  Philip James Bailey (1857). “Festus: a poem”, p.82

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• Thou art a woman,
  And that is saying the best and worst of thee.

  Philip James Bailey

  Art, Women, Thee

  Philip James Bailey (1845). “Festus: A Poem”, p.354

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• Fulfill thy fate! Be-do-bear-and thank God.

  Philip James Bailey

  Fate, Thank God, Bears

  Philip James Bailey (1857). “Festus: a poem”, p.296

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• Naught but God Can satisfy the soul.

  Philip James Bailey

  God, Soul

  Philip James Bailey (1848). “Beauties of Festus”, p.63

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• America, thou half-brother of the world; with something good and bad of every land.

  Philip James Bailey

  Brother, Land, America

  'Festus' (1839) sc. 10

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• Grief hallows hearts, even while it ages heads.

  Philip James Bailey

  Grief, Heart, Age

  Philip James Bailey (1857). “Festus: a poem”, p.87

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• We must not pluck death from the Maker's hand.

  Philip James Bailey

  Suicide, Hands, Makers

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• Music tells no truths.

  Philip James Bailey

  Music

  Philip James Bailey (1857). “Festus: a poem”, p.174

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• Evil and good are God's right hand and left.

  Philip James Bailey

  Hands, Evil, Left

  Philip James Bailey (1848). “Beauties of Festus”, p.40

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• There is no surer mark of the absence of the highest moral and intellectual qualities than a cold reception of excellence.

  Philip James Bailey

  Intellectual, Excellence, Quality

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• The temples perish, but the God still lives.

  Philip James Bailey

  Soul, Temples, Still Life

  Philip James Bailey (1857). “Festus: a poem”, p.424

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• Could I love less, I should be happier now.

  Philip James Bailey

  Love, Life, Should

  Philip James Bailey (1857). “Festus: a poem”, p.549

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• We love and live in power; it is the spirit's end. Mind must subdue; to conquer is its life.

  Philip James Bailey

  Power, Mind, Spirit

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• 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.

  Philip James Bailey

  Peace, Pain, Kindness

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• I cannot love as I have loved,
  And yet I know not why;
  It is the one great woe of life
  To feel all feeling die.

  Philip James Bailey

  Life, Woe Is Me, Woe Unto

  Philip James Bailey (1857). “Festus: a poem”, p.265

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• Envy's a coal comes hissing hot from Hell.

  Philip James Bailey

  Envy, Coal, Hot

  Philip James Bailey (1845). “Festus: A Poem”, p.86

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• Death is another life.

  Philip James Bailey

  Death, Life Death, Another Life

  Philip James Bailey (1857). “Festus: a poem”, p.445

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