Ridgely Torrence quotes
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“At first, she loved nought else but flowers, And then-she only loved the rose; And then-herself alone; and then- She knew not what, but now-she knows.”
-- Ridgely TorrenceSource : Ridgely Torrence (1900). “The House of a Hundred Lights”
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“Though man or angel judge my life and read it like an open scroll, And weigh my heart, I have judge more just than any—my own soul.”
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“Sometimes I think that all mankind exist but to be bought and sold: The rich man's paramour is gold, the poor man's goddess, gold, gold, gold.”
-- Ridgely TorrenceSource : Ridgely Torrence (1900). “The House of a Hundred Lights”
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“I saw them kissing in the shade and knew the sum of all my lore: God gave them Youth, God gave them Love, and even God can give no more.”
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“The Song of Love, the Song of Hate, the Songs of Praise and of Thanksgiving; I've learned them all, but there remains one called the Melody of Living.”
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“Girl, when he gives you kisses twain, use one, and let the other stay; And hoard it, for moons die, red fades, and you may need a kiss—some day.”
-- Ridgely TorrenceSource : Ridgely Torrence (1900). “The House of a Hundred Lights”
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“A strong, brave man is born each month, each year God gives a sage to men, A poet each ten years, perhaps, but an unselfish person,—when?”
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“Whatever Juice this sky will pour this gaping parched old throat will drain; What time the Harper harps I'll dance: 'tis He, not I, who shall complain. Meal may be scarce and cakes be burnt, yet I weep not nor even scold: The sun is food enough for me, 't is large, and has not yet grown cold.”
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“Whether my days are cooled with calm or filled with fever's ardent taint, I have the same blue sky as God, I have the same God as the saint.”
-- Ridgely TorrenceSource : Ridgely Torrence (1900). “The House of a Hundred Lights”
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“Tell Youth to play with Wine and Love and never bear away the scars! I may as well tilt up the sky and yet try not to spill the stars.”
-- Ridgely TorrenceSource : Ridgely Torrence (1900). “The House of a Hundred Lights”
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“But work a year and sleep an hour, and sleep a night and sing a day, And take a little wine and love, and when you feel religious—pray.”
-- Ridgely TorrenceSource : Ridgely Torrence (1900). “The House of a Hundred Lights”
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