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Heaven has a road, but no one travels it; Hell has no gate but men will dig to get there.
Heaven has a road, but no one travels it; Hell has no gate but men will dig to get there.
God keeps a niche
In Heaven, to hold our idols; and albeit
He brake them to our read more
God keeps a niche
In Heaven, to hold our idols; and albeit
He brake them to our faces, and denied
That our close kisses should impair their white,--
I know we shall behold them raised, complete,
The dust swept from their beauty, glorified,
New Memnons singing in the great God-light.
All places are distant from heaven alike.
All places are distant from heaven alike.
Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.
Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.
In heaven, all the interesting people are missing.
In heaven, all the interesting people are missing.
Go to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company.
Go to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company.
Just are the ways of heaven; from Heaven proceed
The woes of man: Heaven doom'd the Greeks to bleed.
Just are the ways of heaven; from Heaven proceed
The woes of man: Heaven doom'd the Greeks to bleed.
And so upon this wise I prayed,--
Great Spirit, give to me
A heaven not so large read more
And so upon this wise I prayed,--
Great Spirit, give to me
A heaven not so large as yours
But large enough for me.
To different minds, the same world is a hell, and a heaven.
To different minds, the same world is a hell, and a heaven.