Hannah Flagg Gould quotes

“Alone I walked on the ocean strand, A pearly shell was in my hand; I stooped, and wrote upon the sand My name, the year, the day. As onward from the sport I passed, One lingering look behind I cast, A wave came rolling high and fast, And washed my lines away.”
-- Hannah Flagg Gould

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“The north! the north! from out the north What founts of light are breaking forth, And streaming up these evening skies, A glorious wonder to our eyes!”
-- Hannah Flagg Gould

Source : Hannah Flagg Gould (1850). “New Poems”, p.17

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“Wisdom, Power and Goodness meet In the bounteous field of wheat.”
-- Hannah Flagg Gould

Source : Hannah Flagg Gould (1854). “Hymns and Other Poems for Children”, p.106

#Fields Quotes #Wheat Quotes #Goodness Quotes

“Major sports are major parts of society. It's not anomalous to have people who love sports come from other parts of that society.”

“After love, book collecting is the most exhilarating sport of all.”

“Basketball is my favorite sport, and I'm also a very passionate football fan.”

“We hail the return of the day of thy birth, Fair Columbia! washed by the waves of two oceans Where men from the farthest dominions of earth Rear altars to Freedom, and pay their devotions; Where our fathers in fight, nobly strove for the Right, Struck down their fierce foemen or put them to flight; Through the long lapse of ages, that so there might be An asylum for all in the Land of the Free.”

Source : Abraham Coles (1880). “The microcosm, and other poems”

“Animals in general have always been my passion, project, crusade - whatever you want to call it! The ocean is such a huge, beautiful thing that I feel like we all take for granted.”

Source : "Beautiful Wave Star Aimee Teegarden Talks Surfer Boys And More!". Interview with Kaitlin Menza, www.seventeen.com. May 12, 2012.

“The holy name of Krishna has extraordinary spiritual potency because the name of God is nondifferent from God Himself.”

“History is not another name for the past, as many people imply. It is the name for stories about the past.”

“I heard my name." Ash's voice startles me. "You tow better not be making fun of me about this stupid bra Mama's making me wear. I've had it with the jokes. I'll break both your noses if it doesn't stop.”

“Who has not seen that feeling born of flame Crimson the cheek at mention of a name? The rapturous touch of some divine surpriseFlash deep suffusion of celestial dyes: When hands clasped hands, and lips to lips were pressed, And the heart's secret was at once confessed?”

“When religion speaks only in the name of authority rather than with the voice of compassion, its message becomes meaningless.”