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Quotes by S. Edwin Arnold
Endurance. Making all futures fruits of all the pasts.— filed under Experience
He who died at Azan sends This to comfort all his friends: Faithful friends! It lies I know Pale and white and cold as snow; And ye say, "Abdallah's dead!" Weeping at the feet and head. I can see your falling tears, I can hear your sighs and prayers; Yet I smile and whisper this: I am not the thing you kiss. Cease your tears and let it lie; It was mine-it is not I.— filed under Abd-El-Kader
Who doth right deeds Is twice born, and who doeth ill deeds vile. C.— filed under Deeds
The Dewdrop slips into the shining sea!— filed under Dew
Yet who shall shut out Fate?— filed under Fate
Kingcup (Buttercup). Ranunculus. The royal kingcup bold Dares not don his coat of gold.— filed under Flowers-Kingcup
Violet. Viola. Early violets blue and white Dying for their love of light.— filed under Flowers-Violet
That what will come, and must come, shall come well. C.— filed under Futurity
What good I see humbly I seek to do, And live obedient to the law, in trust That what will come, and must come, shall come well.— filed under Goodness
The foolish ofttimes teach the wise: I strain too much this string of life, belike, Meaning to make such music as shall save. Mine eyes are dim now that they see the truth, My strength is waned now that my need is most; Would that I had such help as man must have, For I shall die, whose life was all men's hope.— filed under Help
to Works. Life, which all creatures love and strive to keep, Wonderful, dear and pleasant unto each, Even to the meanest; yea, a boon to all Where pity is, for pity makes the world Soft to the weak and noble for the strong.— filed under Life
Lo! as the wind is so is mortal life, A moan, a sigh, a sob, a storm, a strife.— filed under Mortality
That rich celestial music thrilled the air From hosts on hosts of shining ones, who thronged Eastward and westward, making bright the night.— filed under Music
A little rain will fill The lily's cup which hardly moists the field.— filed under Rain
Strengthen me by sympathizing with my strength not my weakness. AMOS BRONSON ALCOTt- Table-Talk. Sympathy. Pity and need Make all flesh kin. There is no caste in blood.— filed under Sympathy
Almond. Amygdalus communis. Almond blossom, sent to teach us That the spring days soon will reach us.— filed under Trees And Plants-Acacia
TREES AND PLANTS-APPLE. 611 Blossom of the almond trees, April's gift to April's bees.— filed under Trees And Plants-Acacia
With a bee in every bell, Almond bloom, we greet thee well.— filed under Trees And Plants-Acacia
The sunbeams dropped Their gold, and, passing in porch and niche, Softened to shadows, silvery, pale, and dim, As if the very Day paused and grew Eve.— filed under Twilight