Jean Ingelow Quotes
Top 33 wise famous quotes and sayings by Jean Ingelow
Jean Ingelow Famous Quotes & Sayings
Discover top inspirational quotes from Jean Ingelow on Wise Famous Quotes.
Yet there are some resting-places, / Life's untroubled interludes; / Times when neither past nor future / On the soul's deep calm intrudes.
For hearts where wakened love doth lurk,
How fine, how blest a thing is work!
For work does good when reasons fail.
How fine, how blest a thing is work!
For work does good when reasons fail.
From henceforth thou shalt learn that there is love
To long for, pureness to desire, a mount
Of consecration it were good to scale.
To long for, pureness to desire, a mount
Of consecration it were good to scale.
How gently rock yon poplars high Against the reach of primrose sky With heaven's pale candles stored.
Quoth the Ocean, Dawn! O fairest, clearest, Touch me with thy golden fingers bland; For I have no smile till thou appearest For the lovely land.
A birthday:-and now a day that rose
With much of hope, with meaning rife-
A thoughtful day from dawn to close:
The middle day of human life.
With much of hope, with meaning rife-
A thoughtful day from dawn to close:
The middle day of human life.
I am glad to think I am not bound to make the world go right, but only to discover and to do, with cheerful heart, the work that God appoints.