James Montgomery Quotes - Page 2

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• Time is eternity begun.

  James Montgomery

  Inspirational, Time, Eternity

  James Montgomery, Robert Carruthers (1858). “The Poetical Works of James Montgomery: With a Memoir”

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• Baptize the nations! far and nigh,The triumphs of the cross recordThe name of Jesus glorify,Till every people call Him Lord.

  James Montgomery

  Jesus, Names, People

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• Here hyacinths of heavenly blue, shook their rich tresses to the morn.

  James Montgomery

  Eye, Blue, Hyacinths

  James Montgomery (1860). “The Poetical Works of James Montgomery: In Six Volumes. Greenland ; Miscellaneous poems ; Narratives ; Translations from Dante”, p.225

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• When the good man yields his breath (For the good man never dies).

  James Montgomery

  Men, Yield, Good Man

  Samuel Rogers, Thomas Campbell, James Montgomery, Charles Lamb, Henry Kirke White (1829). “The Poetical Works of Rogers, Campbell, J. Montgomery, Lamb, and Kirke White: Complete in One Volume”

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• Eternity: a moment standing still for ever.

  James Montgomery

  Moments, Eternity, Standing Still

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• Nature's prime favourites were the Pelicans;
  High-fed, long-lived, and sociable and free.

  James Montgomery

  Long, Pelicans, Prime

  James Montgomery (1827). “The Pelican Island, and other poems”, p.49

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• Who that hath ever been Could bear to be no more? Yet who would tread again the scene He trod through life before?

  James Montgomery

  Life And Death, Bears, Scene

  Samuel Rogers, Thomas Campbell, James Montgomery, Charles Lamb, Henry Kirke White (1830). “The poetical works of Rogers, Campbell, J. Montgomery, Lamb, and Kirke White: complete in one volume”, p.357

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• The Dead are like the stars by day; Withdrawn from mortal eye, But not extinct, they hold their way In glory through the sky.

  James Montgomery

  Death, Stars, Eye

  James Montgomery (1861). “Poems ... To which is added a memoir of the author. A new edition, with illustrations”, p.292

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• Gashed with honourable scars,Low in Glory's lap they lie;Though they fell, they fell like stars,Streaming splendour through the sky.

  James Montgomery

  Stars, Lying, Sky

  James Montgomery (1817). “A New and Complete Edition of the Works of James Montgomery: Including Several Poems Now First Collected; Together with a Sketch of His Life. To which are Added, Some Original Pieces, by Another Pen”, p.104

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• Hymns should have unity, graduation and mutual dependence in the thoughts, a conscious progress, a sense of completeness and be easily understood.

  James Montgomery

  Should Have, Hymns, Unity

  "The Christian Psalmist; Or, Hymns, Selected and Original, with an Introductory Essay". Book by James Montgomery, 1825.

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• When evening closes Nature's eye, The glow-worm lights her little spark To captivate her favorite fly And tempt the rover through the dark.

  James Montgomery

  Eye, Dark, Light

  Samuel Rogers, Thomas Campbell, James Montgomery, Charles Lamb, Henry Kirke White (1830). “The poetical works of Rogers, Campbell, J. Montgomery, Lamb, and Kirke White: complete in one volume”, p.323

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