Philip James Bailey ( 10 of 77 )
Faith is a higher faculty than reason.
Faith is a higher faculty than reason.
The sweetest joy, the wildest woe is love.
The sweetest joy, the wildest woe is love.
Imagination is the air of mind.
Imagination is the air of mind.
Ask not of me, love, what is love?
Ask what is good of God above;
Ask of read more
Ask not of me, love, what is love?
Ask what is good of God above;
Ask of the great sum what is light;
Ask what is darkness of the night;
Ask sin of what may be forgiven;
Ask what is happiness of heaven;
Ask what is folly of the crowd;
Ask what is fashion of the shroud;
Ask what is sweetness of thy kiss;
Ask of thyself what beauty is.
I have a heart with room for every joy.
I have a heart with room for every joy.
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Are not companions--they are solitudes:
We lose ourselves in them and all our cares.
Worthy books
Are not companions--they are solitudes:
We lose ourselves in them and all our cares.
The beautiful are never desolate;
But some one alway loves them--God or man.
If man abandons, God read more
The beautiful are never desolate;
But some one alway loves them--God or man.
If man abandons, God himself takes them.
Evil and good are God's right hand and left.
Evil and good are God's right hand and left.
Blessing star forth forever; but a curse
Is like a cloud--it passes.
Blessing star forth forever; but a curse
Is like a cloud--it passes.
The worst men often give the best advice.
The worst men often give the best advice.
