“Then, methought, the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen censer

Swung by Seraphim whose foot-falls tinkled on the tufted floor. ‘Wretch,’ I cried, ‘thy God hath lent thee—by these angels he hath sent thee

Respite—respite and nepenthe from thy memories of Lenore;

Quaff, oh quaff this kind nepenthe and forget this lost Lenore!’ Quoth the Raven ‘Nevermore.’” – Edgar Allan Poe

“I love thee freely, as men strive for right.

I love thee purely, as they turn from praise.

I love thee with the passion put to use

In my old griefs, and with my childhood’s faith.” – Elizabeth Barrett Browning

“‘Hope’ is the thing with feathers –

That perches in the soul –

And sings the tune without the words –

And never stops – at all –” – Emily Dickinson

“Success is counted sweetest

By those who ne’er succeed.

To comprehend a nectar

Requires sorest need.” – Emily Dickinson

“For what are all our contrivings,

And the wisdom of our books,

When compared with your caresses,

And the gladness of your looks?” – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

“Let us, then, be up and doing,

With a heart for any fate;

Still achieving, still pursuing,

Learn to labor and to wait.” – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

“I must go down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide

Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied;

And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying,

And the flung spray and the blown spume, and the sea-gulls crying.” – John Masefield

“Farewell, dear Fatherland, clime of the sun caress’d

Pearl of the Orient seas, our Eden lost!

Gladly now I go to give thee this faded life’s best,

And were it brighter, fresher, or more blest

Still would I give it thee, nor count the cost.” – Jose Rizal

“Upon whose bosom snow has lain;

Who intimately lives with rain.

Poems are made by fools like me,

But only God can make a tree.” – Joyce Kilmer

“Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name.

Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:

Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;

Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies.” – King David; Psalms 103:1-4

“For you created my inmost being;

you knit me together in my mother’s womb.

I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;

your works are wonderful,

I know that full well.” – King David; Psalms 139:13-14

“Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy glory unto their children.

And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.” – Moses; Psalms 90:16-17

“I know why the caged bird sings, ah me,

When his wing is bruised and his bosom sore, –  

When he beats his bars and he would be free;

It is not a carol of joy or glee,

But a prayer that he sends from his heart’s deep core,

But a plea, that upward to Heaven he flings –

I know why the caged bird sings!” – Paul Laurence Dunbar

“O comforter, to Thee we cry,

O heavenly gift of God Most High,

O fount of life and fire of love,

and sweet anointing from above.” – Rabanus Maurus

“I wonder about the trees.

Why do we wish to bear

Forever the noise of these

More than another noise

So close to our dwelling place?” – Robert Frost

“I have been one acquainted with the night.

I have walked out in rain—and back in rain.

I have outwalked the furthest city light.” – Robert Frost

“O Divine Master,

grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled, as to console;

to be understood, as to understand;

to be loved, as to love.

For it is in giving that we receive.

It is in pardoning that we are pardoned,

and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.” – Saint Francis of Assisi

“What wonderful majesty!

What stupendous condescension!

O sublime humility!

That the Lord of the whole universe,

God and the Son of God,

should humble Himself like this

under the form of a little bread,

for our salvation” – Saint Francis of Assisi

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