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Quotes by Paul Hamilton Hayne
Low gurgling laughter, as sweet As the swallow's song i' the South, And a ripple of dimples that, dancing, meet By the curves of a perfect mouth.— filed under Laughter
Potomac. And Potomac flowed calmly, scarce heaving her breast, With her low-lying billows all bright in the west, For a charm as from God lulled the waters to rest Of the fair rolling river.— filed under Rivers-Potomac
Thy thoughts to nobler meditations give, And study how to die, not how to live. GEO. GRANVILLE (Lord Lansdowne)- Meditation on Death. St. 1. Happy the heart that keeps its twilight hour, And, in the depths of heavenly peace reclined, Loves to commune with thoughts of tender power, - Thoughts that ascend, like angels beautiful, A shining Jacob's-ladder of the mind!— filed under Meditation
His virtues formed the magic of his song. Inscription on the Tomb of Cowper. L. 10. See HAYLEY'S Life of Cowper. Vol. IV. P. 189. Lo! there he lies, our Patriarch Poet, dead! The solemn angel of eternal peace Has waved a wand of mystery o'er his head, Touched his strong heart, and bade his pulses cease.— filed under Poets
Lotus. Zizyphus Lotus. Where drooping lotos-flowers, distilling balm, Dream by the drowsy streamlets sleep hath crown'd, While Care forgets to sigh, and Peace hath balsamed Pain. C.— filed under Trees And Plants-Linden
Fort Donelson. Feb. 16, 1862. Let the only walls the foe shall scale Be ramparts of the dead!— filed under War