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
Philip James Bailey quotes about
grief heart age
Grief hallows hearts, even while it ages heads.
ignorance errors
Error is worse than ignorance.
faith uplifting eye
True faith nor biddeth nor abideth form, The bended knee, the eye uplift; is all Which men need render; all which God can bear. What to the faith are forms? A passing speck, A crow upon the sky.
stars air shining
When I forget that the stars shine in air-- When I forget that beauty is in stars-- When I forget that love with beauty is-- Will I forget thee: till then all things else.
future lifts shrouds
Oh, could we lift the future's sable shroud.
fate soul thrones
Obey thy genius, for a minister it is unto the throne of fate. Draw to thy soul, and centralize the rays which are around of the Divinity.
gold would-be rich
If all were rich, gold would be penniless.
heaven
I cannot be content with less than heaven.
heaven imperfection perfection-and-imperfection
Where imperfection ceaseth, heaven begins.
fate thank-god bears
Fulfill thy fate! Be-do-bear-and thank God.
night tears gone
Dewdrops, Nature's tears, which she Sheds in her own breast for the fair which die. The sun insists on gladness; but at night, When he is gone, poor Nature loves to weep.
prayer heart earth
Any heart turned Godward feels more joyIn one short hour of prayer, than e'er was raisedBy all the feasts of earth since its foundation.
soul may chance
How slight a chance may raise or sink a soul!
appreciation fool speak
He is a fool who is not for love and beauty. I speak unto the young, for I am of them and always shall be.