Joaquin Miller
Joaquin Miller
Cincinnatus Heine Miller /ˌsɪnsᵻˈneɪtəs ˈhaɪnə ˈmɪlər/, better known by his pen name Joaquin Miller /ˌhwɑːˈkiːn/, was a colorful American poet and frontiersman. He is nicknamed the "Poet of the Sierras" after the Sierra Nevada, about which he wrote in his Songs of the Sierras...
pain knowledge mean
Knowledge is Bought only with a weary care, And wisdom means a world of pain.
wall moon purple
Tis midnight now. The bend and broken moon, Batter'd and black, as from a thousand battles, Hangs silent on the purple walls of Heaven.
angel pride men
Men say, "By pride the angels fell from heaven." By pride they reached a place from which they fell!
men self known
That man who lives for self alone, Lives for the meanest mortal known.