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Quotes by Elizabeth Oakes Smith
Faith is the subtle chain Which binds us to the infinite; the voice Of a deep life within, that will remain Until we crowd it thence.— filed under Faith
The tender violet bent in smiles To elves that sported nigh, Tossing the drops of fragrant dew To scent the evening sky.— filed under Flowers-Violet
Yes, this is life; and everywhere we meet, Not victor crowns, but wailings of defeat.— filed under Life
'Tis rushing now adown the spout, And gushing out below, Half frantic in its joyousness, And wild in eager flow. The earth is dried and parched with heat, And it hath long'd to be Released from out the selfish cloud, To cool the thirsty tree.— filed under Water
Of earthly goods, the best is a good wife; A bad, the bitterest curse of human life. S. SIMONIDES. Light household duties, ever more inwrought With placid fancies of one trusting heart That lives but in her smile, and turns From life's cold seeming and the busy mart, With tenderness, that heavenward ever yearns To be refreshed where one pure altar burns. Shut out from hence the mockery of life; Thus liveth she content, the meek, fond, trusting wife.— filed under Wife