Fitz-Greene Halleck quotes
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“The wild-flower wreath of feeling, the sunbeam of the heart.”
-- Fitz-Greene HalleckSource : Fitz-Greene HALLECK (1847). “The Poetical Works of F. H. Now First Collected”, p.52
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“Come to the bridal-chamber, Death! Come to the mother's, when she feels, For the first time, her first-born's breath! Come when the blessed seals That close the pestilence are broke, And crowded cities wail its stroke!”
-- Fitz-Greene HalleckSource : Fitz-Greene Halleck (1827). “Alnwick Castle, with Other Poems”, p.12
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“Ere the dolphin dies Its hues are brightest. Like an infant's breath Are tropic winds before the voice of death.”
-- Fitz-Greene HalleckSource : Fitz-Greene Halleck (1821). “Fanny”, p.59
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“And thou art terrible--the tear, The groan, the knell, the pall, the bier; And all we know, or dream, or fear Of agony, are thine.”
-- Fitz-Greene HalleckSource : Fitz-Greene Halleck (1827). “Alnwick Castle, with Other Poems”, p.13
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“Beauty,--the fading rainbow's pride.”
-- Fitz-Greene HalleckSource : Fitz-Greene HALLECK (1847). “The Poetical Works of F. H. Now First Collected”, p.91
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“What is man's love? His vows are broke even while his parting kiss is warm.”
-- Fitz-Greene HalleckSource : Fitz-Greene Halleck (1848). “The Poetical Works of Fitz-Greene Halleck: Now First Collected. Illustrated with Steel Engravings, from Drawings by American Artists”, p.88
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“I sorrow that all fair things must decay.”
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“And Burns--though brief the race he ran, Though rough and dark the paths he trod, Lived--died--in form and soul a man, The image of his God.”
-- Fitz-Greene HalleckSource : Fitz-Greene Halleck (1827). “Alnwick Castle, with Other Poems”, p.20
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“This bank-note world.”
-- Fitz-Greene HalleckSource : Fitz-Greene Halleck (1848). “The Poetical Works of Fitz-Greene Halleck: Now First Collected. Illustrated with Steel Engravings, from Drawings by American Artists”, p.15
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“There is an evening twilight of the heart, When its wild passion-waves are lulled to rest.”
-- Fitz-Greene HalleckSource : Fitz-Greene Halleck (1827). “Alnwick Castle, with Other Poems”, p.31
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“It is a rich storehouse for those who love quotations. It is as full of fine bon mots as a Christmas pudding is full of plums.”
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“Green be the turf above thee, Friend of my better days! None knew thee but to love thee, Nor named thee but to praise.”
-- Fitz-Greene HalleckSource : 'On the Death of Joseph Rodman Drake'
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“They love their land, because it is their own, And scorn to give aught other reason why; Would shake hands with a king upon his throne, And think it kindness to his majesty. - Fitz”
-- Fitz-Greene HalleckSource : 'Connecticut'
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“I cannot spare the luxury of believing that all things beautiful are what they seem.”
-- Fitz-Greene HalleckSource : Fitz-Greene Halleck (1848). “The Poetical Works of Fitz-Greene Halleck: Now First Collected. Illustrated with Steel Engravings, from Drawings by American Artists”, p.64
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“Strike-for your altars and your fires; Strike-for the green graves of your sires; God-and your native land!”
-- Fitz-Greene HalleckSource : Fitz-Greene Halleck (1827). “Alnwick Castle, with Other Poems”, p.11
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