Gerald Massey
Gerald Massey
Gerald Masseywas an English poet and writer on Spiritualism and Ancient Egypt...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth29 May 1828
long authority mistaken
They must find it hard to take Truth for authority who have so long mistaken Authority for Truth.
hope dark
The deepest dark reveals the starriest hope.
fighting battle way
I know no better way of waging the battle for Truth than arraying the facts face to face on either side and letting them fight it out.
kindness flower world
There's no dearth of kindness In the world of ours; Only in our blindness We gather thorns for flowers.
other-worlds might this-world
This world is full of beauty, as other worlds above, and if we did our duty, it might be as full of love.
marriage heart wife
Cling closer, closer, life to life, Cling closer, heart to heart; The time will come, my own wed Wife, When you and I must part! Let nothing break our band but Death, For in the world above 'Tis the breaker Death that soldereth Our ring of Wedded Love.
hope kings crowns
Our dearest hopes in pangs are born, The kingliest Kings are crown'd with thorn.