Charles Godfrey Leland Quotes

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To Paradise, the Arabs say, Satan could never find the way Until the peacock led him in.

Charles Godfrey Leland
They saw a Dream of Loveliness descending from the train.

Charles Godfrey Leland
The brave deserve the lovely—every woman may be won.

Charles Godfrey Leland
Life will be lengthened while growing, for
Thought is the measure of life.

Charles Godfrey Leland
Love leads to present rapture,-then to pain;
But all through Love in time is healed again.

Charles Godfrey Leland
If all the world must see the world
As the world the world hath seen,
Then it were better for the world
That the world had never been.

Charles Godfrey Leland
Hans Breitmann gife a barty—
Where ish dat barty now?

Charles Godfrey Leland
What is a kiss? Alacke! at worst,
A single Dropp to quenche a Thirst,
Tho' oft it prooves, in happie Hour,
The first swete Dropp of our long Showre.

Charles Godfrey Leland
Among the flowers no perfume is like mine; That which is best in me comes from within. So those in this world who would rise and shine Should seek internal excellence to win. And though 'tis true that falsehood and despair Meet in my name, yet bear it still in mind That where they meet they perish. All is fair When they are gone and nought remains behind.

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The Lord of Learning who upraised mankind from being silent brutes to singing men.

Charles Godfrey Leland
Great albatross! — the meanest birds Spring up and flit away, While thou must toil to gain a flight, And spread those pinions grey...

Charles Godfrey Leland
But, as old Swedish legends say, Of all the birds upon that day, The swallow felt the deepest grief, And longed to give her Lord relief, And chirped when any near would come. Hugswala swala swal honom! Meaning, as they who tell it deem, Oh, cool, oh, cool and comfort Him!

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I pray your Highness mark this curious herb: Touch it but lightly, stroke it softly, Sir, And it gives forth an odour sweet and rare; But crush it harshly and you'll make a scent Most disagreeable.

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Jas in the Arab language is despair, And Min the darkest meaning of a lie. Thus cried the Jessamine among the flowers, How justly doth a lie Draw on its head despair! Among the fragrant spirits of the bowers The boldest and the strongest still was I. Although so fair, Therefore from Heaven A stronger perfume unto me was given Than any blossom of the summer hours.

Charles Godfrey Leland