All Quotes by Martin Farquhar Tupper
“A babe in the house is a well-spring of pleasure, a messenger of peace and love, a resting place for innocence on earth, a link between angels and men.”
“Error is a hardy plant; it flourisheth in every soil; Nor is any poison so deadly, that it serveth not some wholesome use.”
“There is a limit to enjoyment, though the sources of wealth be boundless And the choicest pleasures of life lie within the ring of moderation.”
“Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech.”
“A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.”
“A babe in the house is a well-spring of pleasure, a messenger of peace and love, a resting place for innocence on earth, a link between angels and men.”
“God, from a beautiful necessity, is Love in all he doeth, The righteous find their joys in yearning on its loveliness for ever.”
“Tell me, ye that strive in vain to cramp and dwarf the soul, Wherefore should it cease to be, and when shall essence die?”
“If the mind is wearied by study, or the body worn with sickness, To seek uninstructive pleasure is to slumber on the couch of indolence.”
“Wait, thou child of hope, for Time shall teach thee all things.”
“Clamorous pauperism feastethWhile honest Labor, pining, hideth his sharp ribs.”
“Who can wrestle against Sleep? — Yet is that giant very gentleness.”
“Naples sitteth by the sea, keystone of an arch of azure, She spurneth disease, and misery, and famine, that crowd her sunny streets.”
“O fair, false city, thou gay and gilded harlot! Should meet the solemnity of death, in a sepulchre so foul and fearful!”
“Away with false fashion, so calm and so chill, Is a man with his heart in his hand!”
“Fearless in honesty, gentle yet just, To Fashion's intolerant state;”
“His fashion is passion, sincere and intense, — And cordial with me and with you.”
“I am not old, — I cannot be old, Call me not old to-day.”
“A dream, a dream, — it is all a dream, My heart is full of youth.”
“Never give up! it is wiser and better And break the dark spell of tyrannical care.”
“For life, good youth, hath never an illThe free-spreading wings of a cheerful mind.”
“Who shall guess what I may be?May be — and shall be — the lot of the young!”
“How gladly would I wander through some strange and savage land,Shall fan with their sweet wings the hermit-hunter of the wild!”
“Open the casement, and up with the Sun!Bridegroom of Earth, and brother of Time!”
“Hush,—for the halo of calmness is spreadingIn the swift waltz of my beautiful brain!”
“The dews of Hermon rest upon thee now,Fall on thy consecrated virgin brow.”
“Rise! ye gallant youth of Britain,Rise to help her, one and all!”
“"Let byegones be byegones," — they foolishly say,And I can do nought but regret them.”
“When streams of unkindness, as bitter as gall, "I now can forgive and forget."”
“God, from a beautiful necessity, is Love.”