Jean Ingelow
Jean Ingelow
Jean Ingelow, was an English poet and novelist...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth17 March 1820
life thank-you prayer
I have lived to thank God that all my prayers have not been answered.
life beauty blessing
A healthful hunger for a great idea is the beauty and blessedness of life.
mother humble mind
When our thoughts are born, Though they be good and humble, one should mind How they are reared, or some will go astray And shame their mother.
children sleep angel
O sleep, we are beholden to thee, sleep; Thou bearest angels to us in the night, Saints out of heaven with palms. Seen by thy light Sorrow is some old tale that goeth not deep; Love is a pouting child.
sweet spring past
What change has made the pastures sweet And reached the daisies at my feet, And cloud that wears a golden hem? This lovely world, the hills, the sward-- They all look fresh, as if our Lord But yesterday had finished them.
sweet feet crowds
Crowds of bees are giddy with clover Crowds of grasshoppers skip at our feet, Crowds of larks at their matins hang over, Thanking the Lord for a life so sweet.