Lord of
Lord of
nature wall spring
Flower in the crannied wall, I pluck you out of the crannies, I hold you here, root and all, in my hand, Little flower-but if I could understand What you are, root and all, all in all, I should know what God and man is.
british-historian life
To be able to look back upon one's past life with satisfaction is to live twice.
british-statesman days frequently wiser
In those days he was wiser than he is now - he used frequently to take my advice.
dance moon night
All night have the roses heard The flute, violin, bassoon; All night has the casement jessamine stirr'd To the dancers dancing in tune; Till a silence fell with the waking bird, And a hush with the setting moon.
strength rocks years
No rock so hard but that a little wave may beat admission in a thousand years.
rain men rivers
Till last by Philip's farm I flow To join the brimming river, For men may come and men may go, But I go on for ever.
nature mind noble
Manners are not idle, but the fruit of loyal and of noble mind.
friendship no-friends made
He makes no friend who never made a foe.
time age heirs
I the heir of all the ages, in the foremost files of time.
flower wells seasons
Ah! well away! Seasons flower and fade.
new-year years old-year
I stood on a tower in the wet, And New Year and Old Year met, And winds were roaring and blowing: And I said, "O years, that meet in tears, Have ye aught that is worth the knowing? Science enough and exploring, Wanderers coming and going, Matter enough for deploring, But aught that is worth the knowing?
speech
And Thought leapt out to wed with Thought Ere Thought could wed itself with Speech.
nature men hands
And out of darkness came the hands that reach through nature, moulding men.
fire clouds west
Yonder cloud That rises upward always higher, And onward drags a laboring breast, And topples round the dreary west, A looming bastion fringed with fire.