John Gardiner Calkins Brainard Quotes:

Hate no one; hate their vices, not themselves.

source: - John Gardiner Calkins Brainard, John Greenleaf Whittier (1832). “The Literary Remains of J.G.C. Brainard: With a Sketch of His Life”, p.156

Topics: Hate, Vices, Self Hate, No Hate

I saw two clouds at morning Tinged by the rising sun, And in the dawn they floated on And mingled into one.

source: - John Gardiner Calkins BRAINARD (1842). “The Poems of John G. C. Brainard. A New and Authentic Collection, with an Original Memoir of His Life. [With a Portrait.]”, p.19

Topics: Morning, Clouds, Two, Clouds Sky, Sky And Clouds

The rustle of the leaves in summer's hush When wandering breezes touch them, and the sigh That filters through the forest, or the gush That swells and sinks amid the branches high,-- 'Tis all the music of the wind, and we Let fancy float on the aeolian breath.

Topics: Music, Summer, Wind

Death has shaken out the sands of thy glass.

source: - John Gardiner Calkins Brainard, Royal Robbins (1842). “The Poems of John G. C. Brainard: A New and Authentic Collection, with an Original Memoir of His Life”, p.70

Topics: Glasses, Sand

At the piping of all hands,When the judgment-signal's spread-When the islands and the landsAnd the seas give up their dead,And the South and North shall come;When the sinner is dismayed,And the just man is afraid,Then Heaven be thy aid,Poor Tom.

source: - John Gardiner Calkins Brainard (1846). “The Poems of John G.C. Brainard: A New and Authentic Collection, with an Original Memoir of His Life”, p.70

Topics: Giving Up, Men, Islands, Dismayed

Far beneath the tainted foamThat frets above our peaceful home,We dream in joy and wake in loveNor know the rage that yells above.

source: - John Gardiner Calkins Brainard, John Greenleaf Whittier (1832). “The Literary Remains of J.G.C. Brainard: With a Sketch of His Life”, p.136

Topics: Dream, Home, Joy, Peaceful Home

God is its author, and not man; he laid The key-note of all harmonies; he planned All perfect combinations, and he made Us so that we could hear and understand.

Topics: Music, Men, Keys, Perfect Combination