Nathaniel Parker Willis Quotes

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• Gratitude is not only the memory but the homage of the heart- rendered to God for his goodness.

  Nathaniel Parker Willis

  Motivational, Gratitude, Memories

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• It is the month of June,
  The month of leaves and roses,
  When pleasant sights salute the eyes,
  And pleasant scents the noses.

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  Summer, Spring, Eye

  "Bartlett's Familiar Quotation" by John Bartlett, 10th ed., 1919.

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• He who binds
  His soul to knowledge, steals the key of heaven.

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  Knowledge, Keys, Heaven

  Nathaniel Parker Willis (1850). “The poetical works of N.P. Willis”, p.91

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• Wisdom, sits alone, topmost in heaven: she is its light, its God; and in the heart of man she sits as high, though groveling minds forget her oftentimes, seeing but this world's idols.

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  Wisdom, Heart, Men

  Nathaniel Parker Willis (1850). “Sacred Poems”, p.118

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• Gentleness is the great point to be obtained in the study of manners.

  Nathaniel Parker Willis

  Study, Manners, Politeness

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• A lamp is lit in woman's eye; that souls, else lost on earth, remember angels by.

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  Eye, Angel, Soul

  Nathaniel Parker WILLIS (1837). “Melanie and other poems. Edited by Barry Cornwall, i.e. B. W. Procter”, p.154

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• The highest triumph of art, is the truest presentation of nature.

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  Art, Triumph, Presentation

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• It is godlike to unloose the spirit, and forget yourself in thought.

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  Spirit, Forget You, Forget

  Nathaniel Parker Willis (1848). “Poems of Early and After Years”, p.246

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• If there is anything that keeps the mind open to angel visits, and repels the ministry of ill, it is human love.

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  Love, Inspirational, Angel

  Nathaniel Parker Willis (1850). “The poetical works of N.P. Willis”, p.161

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• They are all up — the innumerable stars—
  And hold their place in heaven. ...
  There they stand,
  Shining in order, like a living hymn
  Written in light, awaking at the breath
  Of the celestial dawn, and praising
  Him Who made them, with the harmony of sphere.

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  Stars, Light, Order

  "The Poems: Sacred, Passionate, and Humorous".

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• The night is made for tenderness,--so still that the low whisper, scarcely audible, is heard like music,--and so deeply pure that the fond thought is chastened as it springs and on the lip made holy.

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  Spring, Night, Lips

  Nathaniel Parker Willis, Henry Llewellyn Williams (1832). “Poems of Nathaniel Parker Willis ...”, p.339

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• I knelt, and with the fervor of a lip unused to the cool breath of reason, told my love.

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  Lips, Reason, Courtship

  Nathaniel Parker Willis (1829). “Fugitive Poetry”, p.48

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• The lily and the rose in her fair face striving for precedence.

  Nathaniel Parker Willis

  Rose, Lilies, Faces

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• One lamp — thy mother’s love — amid the stars Shall lift its pure flame changeless, and before The throne of God, burn through eternity - Holy — as it was lit and lent thee here.

  Nathaniel Parker Willis

  Mother, Stars, Flames

  Nathaniel Parker WILLIS (1848). “Poems of early and after years ... Illustrated by E. Leutze”, p.73

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• The smallest pebble in the well of truth has its peculiar meaning, and will stand when man's best monuments have passed away.

  Nathaniel Parker Willis

  Truth, Men, Peculiar

  Nathaniel Parker Willis (1850). “The poetical works of N.P. Willis”, p.161

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• The taste forever refines in the study of women.

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  Women, Forever, Taste

  Nathaniel Parker Willis (1849). “Rural Letters and Other Records of Thought at Leisure: Written in the Intervals of More Hurried Literary Labor”, p.363

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• Ah me! the world is full of meetings such as this,--a thrill, a voiceless challenge and reply, and sudden partings after!

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  Challenges, Thrill, World

  Nathaniel Parker Willis, Alan Romanoff (1965). “Poets of the world: Nathaniel Willis”

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• The value of life deepens incalculably with the privileges of travel.

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  Travel, Privilege, Value Of Life

  Nathaniel Parker Willis (1856). “Summer cruise in the Mediterranean: on board an American frigate”, p.58

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• Nature has thrown a veil of modest beauty over maidenhood and moss-roses.

  Nathaniel Parker Willis

  Rose, Moss, Veils

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• The soul of man createth its own destiny.

  Nathaniel Parker Willis

  Destiny, Men, Soul

  Nathaniel Parker Willis (1850). “Sacred Poems”, p.197

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• Vulgarity is more obvious in satin than in homespun.

  Nathaniel Parker Willis

  Vulgarity Is, Satin, Obvious

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• The innocence that feels no risk and is taught no caution, is more vulnerable than guilt, and oftener assailed.

  Nathaniel Parker Willis

  Risk, Guilt, Taught

  Nathaniel Parker Willis (1855). “The Rag-bag: A Collection of Ephemera”, p.263

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• O, when the heart is, full, when bitter thoughts come crowding thickly up for utterance, and the poor common words of courtesy are such a very mockery, how much the bursting heart may pour itself in prayer!

  Nathaniel Parker Willis

  Prayer, Heart, Utterance

  Nathaniel Parker Willis, Henry Llewellyn Williams (1832). “Poems of Nathaniel Parker Willis ...”, p.36

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• One gets, sensitive about losing mornings after getting a little used to them with living in a country. Each one of these endlessly varied daybreaks is an opera but once performed.

  Nathaniel Parker Willis

  Country, Morning, Opera

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• T is the work of many a dark hour, many a prayer, to bring the heart back from an infant gone.

  Nathaniel Parker Willis

  Prayer, Heart, Dark

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