Philip James Bailey
Philip James Bailey
Philip James Baileywas an English Spasmodic poet, best known as the author of Festus...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth22 April 1816
men use influence
Fine thoughts are wealth, for the right use of which Men are and ought to be accountable,-- If not to Thee, to those they influence.
power mind spirit
We love and live in power; it is the spirit's end. Mind must subdue; to conquer is its life.
god soul earth
O, there is naught on earth worth being known but God and our own souls!
god thinking men
Let us think less of men and more of God.
life mean ends
Life's but a means unto an end, that end, Beginning, mean, and end to all things--God.
love beautiful brave
None but the brave and beautiful can love.
life life-death awe
Life hath more awe than death.
air imagination mind
Imagination is the air of mind.