Felicia Hemans Quotes

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The stately Homes of England,
How beautiful they stand!
Amidst their tall ancestral trees,
O'er all the pleasant land.

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Leaves have their time to fall,
And flowers to wither at the north-wind's breath,
And stars to set; but all,
Thou hast all seasons for thine own, O Death!

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There is strength deep bedded in our hearts, of which we reck but little till the shafts of heaven have pierced its fragile dwelling. Must not earth be rent before her gems are found?

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And is there glory from the heavens departed? Oh! Void unmarked! — Thy sisters of the sky Still hold their place on high, Though from its rank thine orb so long hath started, Thou, that no more art seen of mortal eye.

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Passing away" is written on the world and all the world contains.

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And the heavy night hung dark,
The hills and waters o'er,
When a band of exiles moored their bark
On the wild New England shore.

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Though the past haunt me as a spirit, I do not ask to forget.

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There smiles no Paradise on earth so fair,
But guilt will raise avenging phantoms there.

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I had a hat. It was not all a hat,—
Part of the brim was gone:
Yet still I wore it on.

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Ye may trace my step o'er the wakening earth,
By the winds which tell of the violet's birth,
By the primrose-stars in the shadowy grass,
By the green leaves, opening as I pass.

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The boy stood on the burning deck
Whence all but he had fled;
The flame that lit the battle's wreck
Shone round him o'er the dead.

Yet beautiful and bright he stood,
As born to rule the storm;
A creature of heroic blood,
A proud, though child-like form.

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Strength is born
in the deep silence of long-suffering hearts;
not amidst joy.

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The flames roll'd on­-he would not go
Without his father's word;
That father, faint in death below,
His voice no longer heard.

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Oh! lovely voices of the sky
Which hymned the Saviour's birth,
Are ye not singing still on high,
Ye that sang, "Peace on earth"?

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I have looked on the hills of the stormy North,
And the larch has hung his tassels forth.

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What sought they thus afar?
Bright jewels of the mine,
The wealth of seas, the spoils of war?
They sought a faith's pure shrine.

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Ay, call it holy ground,
The soil where first they trod;
They have left unstained what there they found —
Freedom to whorship God.

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There's beauty all around our paths, if but our watchful eyes
Can trace it 'midst familiar things, and through their lowly guise.

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Calm on the bosom of thy God,
Fair spirit, rest thee now!

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The flames rolled on; he would not go
Without his father's word.

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They grew in beauty side by side,
They filled one home with glee:
Their graves are severed far and wide
By mount and stream and sea.

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With mast, and helm, and pennon fair,
That well had borne their part —
But the noblest thing which perished there
Was that young faithful heart.

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The breaking waves dashed high
On a stern and rock-bound coast,
And the woods against a stormy sky
Their giant branches tossed.

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Oh, call my brother back to me!
I cannot play alone:
The summer comes with flower and bee,—
Where is my brother gone?

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Alas for love, if thou wert all,
And naught beyond, O Earth!

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But fair the exil'd Palm-tree grew
Midst foliage of no kindred hue;
Through the laburnum's dropping gold
Rose the light shaft of Orient mould,
And Europe's violets, faintly sweet,
Purpled the mossbeds at its feet.

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Come to the sunset tree!
The day is past and gone;
The woodman's axe lies free,
And the reaper's work is done.

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Gird your hearts with silent fortitude, Suffering, yet hoping all things.

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