Thomas Haynes Bayly Quotes

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Surely 't is better, when summer is over
To die when all fair things are fading away.

Thomas Haynes Bayly
As a boy, I had sighed over the mysteries of multiplication; addition had added materially to my distress, and subtraction taken away much of my repose.

Thomas Haynes Bayly
Where's the hope that can abate
The grief of hearts thus desolate
That can Youth's keenest pangs assuage,
And mitigate the gloom of Age?
Religion bids the tempest cease,
And, leads her to a port of peace;
And on, the lonely pilot steers
Through the lapse of future years.

Thomas Haynes Bayly
Fly away, pretty moth, to the shade Of the leaf where you slumbered all day; Be content with the moon and the stars, pretty moth, And make use of your wings while you may..... But tho' dreams of delight may have dazzled you quite, They at last found it dangerous play; Many things in this world that look bright, pretty moth, Only dazzle to lead us astray.

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Oh no! we never mention her,
Her name is never heard;
My lips are now forbid to speak
That once familiar word.

Thomas Haynes Bayly
The rose that all are praising
Is not the rose for me.

Thomas Haynes Bayly
Tell me the tales that to me were so dear,
Long, long ago, long, long ago.

Thomas Haynes Bayly
Oh, I have roamed o'er many lands,
And many friends I've met;
Not one fair scene or kindly smile
Can this fond heart forget.

Thomas Haynes Bayly
Why don't the men propose, Mamma?
Why don't the men propose?

Thomas Haynes Bayly
I'd be a butterfly born in a bower,
Where roses and lilies and violets meet.

Thomas Haynes Bayly
Oh pilot, 't is a fearful night!
There's danger on the deep.

Thomas Haynes Bayly
She wore a wreath of roses
The first night that we met.

Thomas Haynes Bayly
Fear not, but trust in Providence,
Wherever thou may'st be.

Thomas Haynes Bayly
Friends depart, and memory takes them
To her caverns, pure and deep.

Thomas Haynes Bayly
My fond affection thou hast seen,
Then judge of my regret
To think more happy thou hadst been
If we had never met.

Thomas Haynes Bayly
Those that have wealth must be watchful and wary,
Power, alas! naught but misery brings!

Thomas Haynes Bayly
Oh! no! we never mention her,
Her name is never heard;
My lips are now forbid to speak
That once familiar word …
From sport to sport they hurry me
To banish my regret,
And when they win a smile from me,
They think that I forget.

Thomas Haynes Bayly
The mistletoe hung in the castle hall,
The holly-branch shone on the old oak wall.

Thomas Haynes Bayly
I've now got the music book ready,
Do sit up and sing like a lady
A recitative from Tancredi,
And something about "Palpiti!"
Sing forte when first you begin it,
Piano the very next minute,
They'll cry "What expression there's in it!"
Don't sing English ballads to me!

Thomas Haynes Bayly
Oh! where do fairies hide their heads, When snow lies on the hills, When frost has spoiled their mossy beds, And crystallized their rills?

Thomas Haynes Bayly