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For there is no heroic poem in the world but is at bottom a biography, the life of a man; also, it may be said, there is no life of a man, faithfully recorded, but is a heroic poem of its sort, rhymed or unrhymed. - Sir Walter Scott--London and Westminster Review [Poetry] A certain man has called us, "of all peoples the wisest in action," but he added, "the stupidest in speech." - The Nigger Question [England] Out of Eternity The new Day is born; Into Eternity At night with return. - To-day [Today] So here hath been dawning Another blue day; Think, wilt thou let it Slip useless away? Out of eternity This new day is born, Into eternity At night will return. - To-day [Day] What gained we, little moth? Thy ashes, Thy one brief parting pang may show: And withering thoughts for soul that dashes, From deep to deep, are but a death more slow. - Tragedy of the Night Moth (st. 14) [Moths] For the eye of the intellect "sees in all objects what it brought with it the means of seeing." - Varnhagen Von Ense's Memoirs--London and Westminster Review [Intellect] Displaying page 17 of 17 for this author: << Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 [17]
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