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
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pride looks flood
When pride thaws, look for floods.
death art littles
Death, thou art infinite; it is life is little.
heart sorrow knows
He who has most of heart knows most of sorrow.
race good-man goodness
All are of the race of God, and have in themselves good.
evil imperfection results
Evil then results from imperfection.
long long-day
The long days are no happier than the short ones.
equality earth sole
The sole equality on earth is death.
perfect whole
None but God can fill the perfect whole.
cheating self firsts
The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat one's self.
poetry prophet made
Poetry is itself a thing of God; He made his prophets poets; and the more We feel of poesie do we become Like God in love and power,-under-makers.
humility virtue lowliness
Lowliness is the base of every virtue, And he who goes the lowest builds the safest.
peace pain kindness
The goodness of the heart is shown in deeds Of peacefulness and kindness. Hand and heart Are one thing with the good, as thou should'st be. Do my words trouble thee? then treasure them, Pain overgot gives peace, as death doth Heaven. All things that speak of Heaven speak of peace.
peace heaven speak
All things that speak of heaven speak of peace.
love life-is without-love
Life is less than nothing without love.