Paul Hamilton Hayne Quotes

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I think, ofttimes, that lives of men may be
Likened to wandering winds that come and go
Not knowing whence they rise, whither they blow
O'er the vast globe, voiceful of grief or glee.

Paul Hamilton Hayne

This is my world! within these narrow walls,
I own a princely service.

Paul Hamilton Hayne

Happy the heart that keeps its twilight hour, And, in the depths of heavenly peace reclined, Loves to commune with thoughts of tender power,-- A shining Jacob's-ladder of the mind!

Paul Hamilton Hayne

Where drooping lotos-flowers, distilling balm, Dream by the drowsy streamlets sleep hath crown'd, While Care forgets to sigh, and Peace hath balsamed Pain.

Paul Hamilton Hayne

And Potomac flowed calmly, scarce heaving her breast, With her low-lying billows all bright in the west, For a charm as from God lulled the waters to rest Of the fair rolling river.

Paul Hamilton Hayne

Low gurgling laughter, as sweet As the swallow's song i' the South, And a ripple of dimples that, dancing, meet By the curves of a perfect mouth.

Paul Hamilton Hayne

Paul Hamilton Hayne

Paul Hamilton Hayne

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Born: January 1, 1830

Died: July 6, 1886 (aged 56)

Bio: Paul Hamilton Hayne was a nineteenth-century Southern American poet, critic, and editor.

Known for:

Poems Of Paul Hamilton Hayne (1882)
A collection of Hayne letters
Legends and Lyrics (1872)

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