William R. Alger ( 10 of 16 )
We give advice by the bucket, but take it by the grain.
We give advice by the bucket, but take it by the grain.
Words of love, are works of love.
Words of love, are works of love.
An Arab, by his earnest gaze,
Has clothed a lovely maid with blushes;
A smile within his read more
An Arab, by his earnest gaze,
Has clothed a lovely maid with blushes;
A smile within his eyelids plays
And into words his longing gushes.
False eloquence is exaggeration; true eloquence is emphasis.
False eloquence is exaggeration; true eloquence is emphasis.
After every storm the sun will smile; for every problem there is a solution, and the soul's indefeasible duty is read more
After every storm the sun will smile; for every problem there is a solution, and the soul's indefeasible duty is to be of good cheer.
A gray eye is a sly eye,
And roguish is a brown one;
Turn full upon me read more
A gray eye is a sly eye,
And roguish is a brown one;
Turn full upon me thy eye,--
Ah, how its wavelets drown one!
A blue eye is a true eye;
Mysterious is a dark one,
Which flashes like a spark-sun!
A black eye is the best one.
With strength and patience all his grievous loads are borne,
And from the world's rose-bed he only asks a read more
With strength and patience all his grievous loads are borne,
And from the world's rose-bed he only asks a thorn.
In the nine heavens are eight Paradises;
Where is the ninth one? In the human breast.
Only read more
In the nine heavens are eight Paradises;
Where is the ninth one? In the human breast.
Only the blessed dwell in th' Paradises,
But blessedness dwells in the human breast.
Fill up the goblet and reach to me some!
Drinking makes wise, but dry fasting makes glum.
Fill up the goblet and reach to me some!
Drinking makes wise, but dry fasting makes glum.
Ten poor men sleep in peace on one straw heap, as Saadi sings,
But the immensest empire is too read more
Ten poor men sleep in peace on one straw heap, as Saadi sings,
But the immensest empire is too narrow for two kings.
