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The silent countenance often speaks with expressive eloquence.
The silent countenance often speaks with expressive eloquence.
The Baal-adorer bows on Sinai's steep;
Yet there, e'en there, O God, thy thunders sleep.
The Baal-adorer bows on Sinai's steep;
Yet there, e'en there, O God, thy thunders sleep.
There would bee no great ones if there were no little ones.
There would bee no great ones if there were no little ones.
They make a desert and they call it peace.
They make a desert and they call it peace.
Whose wit in the combat as gentle as bright
Ne'er carried a heartstain away on its blade.
Whose wit in the combat as gentle as bright
Ne'er carried a heartstain away on its blade.
Not perfect, nay, but full of tender wants.
Not perfect, nay, but full of tender wants.
Let him who has once perceived how much that, which has been
discarded, excels that which he has longed read more
Let him who has once perceived how much that, which has been
discarded, excels that which he has longed for, return at once,
and seek again that which he despised.
A man of refined taste and judgment.
A man of refined taste and judgment.
