Philip James

Philip James
Philip Jameswas an American composer, conductor and music educator...
snow lips peeping
Lips like rosebuds peeping out of snow.
affecting appears countries epidemic global truly
We have truly a global epidemic which appears to be affecting most countries in the world.
soul world
The world is a great poem, and the world's The words it is writ in, and we souls the thoughts.
eye heart tears
Remember that thy heart will shed its pleasures as thine eye its tears, and both leave loathsome furrows.
night forbidden-love silence
Mind and night will meet, though in silence, like forbidden lovers.
respect giving ethics
Respect is what we owe; love, what we give.
rose lips music-life
Music lives within thy lips Like a nightingale in roses.
hands helping walks
Walk boldly and wisely.... There is a hand above that will help you on.
heart joy rooms
I have a heart with room for every joy .
doubt shadow
Doubt is the shadow of truth.
spring heart eye
It is sad To see the light of beauty wane away, Know eyes are dimming, bosoms shrivelling, feet Losing their springs, and limbs their lily roundness; But it is worse to feel the heart-spring gone, To lose hope, care not for the coming thing, And feel all things go to decay within us.
kindness needs may
Kindness is wisdom. There is none in life But needs it and may learn.
nature mean
Nature means Necessity.
nature seems courses
The course of Nature seems a course of Death, And nothingness the whole substantial thing.