James Bailey
James Bailey
James Anthony Bailey, born James Anthony McGinnis, was an American circus ringmaster...
ProfessionOther
Date of Birth4 July 1847
CityDetroit, MI
love-is sea poet
A poet not in love is out at sea; He must have a lay-figure.
stars sky scripture
What are ye orbs? The words of God? the Scriptures of the skies?
stars war moon
Night comes, world-jewelled, . . . The stars rush forth in myriads as to wage War with the lines of Darkness; and the moon, Pale ghost of Night, comes haunting the cold earth After the sun's red sea-death--quietless.
night shadow
Wan night, the shadow goer, came stepping in.
electricity all-things
Necessity, like electricity, is in ourselves and all things, and no more without us than within us.
night lamps study
When night hath set her silver lamp high, Then is the time for study.
disappointment half endure
There is no disappointment we endure one-half so great as what we are to ourselves.
sympathy heart men
Man is one; and he hath one great heart. It is thus we feel, with a gigantic throb athwart the sea, each other's rights and wrongs; thus are we men.
views mountain spirit
It is fine to stand upon some lofty mountain thought, and feel the spirit stretch into a view.
path
Not a single path Of thought I tread, but that it leads to God.
immortality settling
One thought settles a life, an immortality.
values
The value of a thought cannot be told.
work
We live not to ourselves, our work is life.
stars heaven fields
Stars which stand as thick as dewdrops on the field of heaven.