Thomas Kibble Hervey Quotes

• I know thou art gone to the home of thy rest--
  Then why should my soul be so sad?
  I know thou art gone where the weary are blest,
  And the mourner looks up, and is glad;
  I know thou hast drank of the Lethe that flows
  In a land where they do not forget,
  That sheds over memory only repose,
  And takes from it only regret.

  Thomas Kibble Hervey

  Death, Art, Memories

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• Wake, soldier wake, thy war-horse waits
  To bear thee to the battle back;--
  Thou slumberest at a foeman's gates,--
  Thy dog would break thy bivouac;
  Thy plume is trailing in the dust,
  And thy red falchion gathering rust.

  Thomas Kibble Hervey

  Dog, Horse, War

  Thomas Kibble Hervey (1866). “The Poems of Thomas Kibble Hervey”, p.36

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• He stood beside a cottage lone
  And listened to a lute,
  One summer's eve, when the breeze was gone,
  And the nightingale was mute.

  Thomas Kibble Hervey

  Summer, Gone, Cottages

  Thomas Kibble Hervey (1830). “The Devil's progress, a poem, by the editor of the 'Court journal'.”, p.50

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• Morn on the waters, and purple and bright Bursts on the billows the flushing of light O'er the glad waves, like a child of the sun, See the tall vessel goes gallantly on.

  Thomas Kibble Hervey

  Children, Purple, Light

  Thomas Kibble Hervey (1829). “The poetical sketch-book, including a 3rd ed. of Australia”, p.8

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• A Hebrew knelt in the dying light, His eye was dim and cold; The hairs on his brow were silver white, And his blood was thin and old.

  Thomas Kibble Hervey

  Eye, Light, Hair

  Thomas Kibble Hervey (1849). “The devil's progress: A poem”, p.27

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