The sunlight claps the earth, ...

The sunlight claps the earth, and the moonbeams kiss the sea: what are all these kissings worth, if thou kiss not me?

I arise from dreams of thee

I arise from dreams of thee
In the first sweet sleep of night,
when the winds are breathing low,
and the stars are shining bright.

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How wonderful is death! Death ...

How wonderful is death! Death and his brother sleep.

He has outsoared the shadow of...

He has outsoared the shadow of our night; envy and calumny and hate and pain, and that unrest which men miscall delight, can touch him not and torture not again; from the contagion of the world's slow stain, he is secure.

The Galilean is not a favorite...

The Galilean is not a favorite of mine. So far from owing him any thanks for his favor, I cannot avoid confessing that I owe a secret grudge to his carpentership.

The good want power, but to we...

The good want power, but to weep barren tears. The powerful goodness want: worse need for them. The wise want love; and those who love want wisdom.

Heaven's ebon vault Studded wi...

Heaven's ebon vault Studded with stars unutterably bright, Through which the moon's unclouded grandeur rolls, Seems like a canopy which love has spread To curtain her sleeping world.

A lovely lady, garmented in li...

A lovely lady, garmented in light From her own beauty.

Joy, once lost, is pain...

Joy, once lost, is pain

Away, away, from men and towns...

Away, away, from men and towns,
To the wild wood and the downs, -
To the silent wilderness,
Where the soul need not repress
Its music.

A dream has power to poison sl...

A dream has power to poison sleep.

Commerce has set the mark of s...

Commerce has set the mark of selfishness, the signet of its all-enslaving power, upon a shining ore, and called it gold: before whose image bow the vulgar great, the vainly rich, the miserable proud, the mob of peasants, nobles, priests, and kings, and with blind feelings reverence the power that grinds them to the dust of misery.

Jealousy's eyes are green....

Jealousy's eyes are green.

When the power of imparting jo...

When the power of imparting joy is equal to the will, the human soul requires no other heaven.

Necessity, thou mother of the ...

Necessity, thou mother of the world!

Death will come when thou art ...

Death will come when thou art dead, soon, too soon.

Worse than a bloody hand is a ...

Worse than a bloody hand is a hard heart.

What is Love? It is that power...

What is Love? It is that powerful attraction towards all that we conceive, or fear, or hope beyond ourselves.

I love all waste and solitary ...

I love all waste and solitary places.

Strange thoughts beget strange...

Strange thoughts beget strange deeds.