Henry Kirke White Quotes

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Oft in danger, oft in woe,
Onward, Christians, onward go.

Henry Kirke White
I, a Laconian dog, can bite again: Yes, I can make the Daunian tiger flee, Much more a bragging, foul-mouth'd whelp like thee.

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Apart from time there is no meaning for purpose, hope, fear, energy. If there be no historic process, then everything is what it is, namely, a mere fact. Life and motion are lost.

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It is impossible to meditate on time and the mystery of the creative process of nature without an overwhelming emotion at the limitations of human intelligence.

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And care, whom not the gayest can outbrave, Pursues its feeble victim to the grave.

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Where now is Britain?. Even as the savage sits upon the stone That marks were stood her capitols, and hears The bittern booming in the weeds, he shrinks From the dismaying solitude.

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Time and space express the universe as including the essence of transition and the success of achievement. The transition is real, and the achievement is real. The difficulty is for language to express one of them without explaining away the other.

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What treasure does the religious an possess in this, that when everything else fails he has God for his refuge and can look to a world where he is sure through Christ Jesus, that he will not be disappointed.

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The exquisite and finely wrought susceptibility invariable marks the temperament of the poet. The cast of originality is the stamp and testimony of genius.

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There is no species of poetry which is better adapted to the taste of a melancholy man than a sonnet. Its brevity precludes the possibility of it becoming tiresome.

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Christianity is not a mere set of opinions to be embraced by understanding. It is the work of the heart as well as the head.

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Poetry has been to me something more than amusement, it has been a cheering companion when I had no other to fly to, a delightful solace.

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When the day of misfortune comes and (comes it must sooner or later to all)we may be prepared with Christian fortitude to endure the shock.

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Poetry is a blossom of very delicate growth, it requires the maturing influence of vernal suns and every encouragement of culture and attention to bring it to its natural perfection.

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O Lord, another day has flown,
And we, a lonely band,
Are met once more before thy throne,
To bless thy fostering hand

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To wind the mighty secrets of the past,
And turn the key of time.

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We should teach our children to make friends with us, to communicate all their thoughts to us … by this we find many opportunities of teaching them important truths, almost without knowing.

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Earthly pride is like the passing flower, that springs to fall, and blossoms but to die.

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