Poetry has been to me its own exceeding great reward; it has given me the habit of wishing to discover the good and beautiful in all that meets and surrounds me.

Quote by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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The man's desire is for the woman; but the woman's desire is rarely other than...

The man's desire is for the woman; but the woman's desire is rarely other than...

No one does anything from a single motive.

No one does anything from a single motive.

Intense study of the Bible will keep any writer from being vulgar, in point of...

Intense study of the Bible will keep any writer from being vulgar, in point of...

Talent, lying in the understanding, is often inherited; genius, being the action of reason or...

Talent, lying in the understanding, is often inherited; genius, being the action of reason or...

Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

The love of a mother is the veil of a softer light between the heart...

The love of a mother is the veil of a softer light between the heart...

Friendship is a sheltering tree.

Friendship is a sheltering tree.

All sympathy not consistent with acknowledged virtue is but disguised selfishness.

All sympathy not consistent with acknowledged virtue is but disguised selfishness.

Greatness and goodness are not means, but ends.

Greatness and goodness are not means, but ends.

No mind is thoroughly well organized that is deficient in a sense of humor.

No mind is thoroughly well organized that is deficient in a sense of humor.

Love is flower like; Friendship is like a sheltering tree

Love is flower like; Friendship is like a sheltering tree

I may not hope from outward forms to win The passion and the life, whose...

I may not hope from outward forms to win The passion and the life, whose...

And the Devil did grin, for his darling sin is pride that apes humility.

And the Devil did grin, for his darling sin is pride that apes humility.

The religion of the Jews is, indeed, a light; but it is as the light...

The religion of the Jews is, indeed, a light; but it is as the light...

Swans sing before they die - 'twere no bad thing should certain persons die before...

Swans sing before they die - 'twere no bad thing should certain persons die before...

I do not call the sod under my feet my country; but language religion government...

I do not call the sod under my feet my country; but language religion government...

In wonder all philosophy began, in wonder it ends, and admiration fill up the interspace;...

In wonder all philosophy began, in wonder it ends, and admiration fill up the interspace;...

So lonely 'twas that God himself Scarce seemed there to be.

So lonely 'twas that God himself Scarce seemed there to be.

Standing in the burning desert of life with the bare foot to stand. where the...

Standing in the burning desert of life with the bare foot to stand. where the...

I find myself alone in this world and I'm very sad. Everyone has abandoned me...

I find myself alone in this world and I'm very sad. Everyone has abandoned me...