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Frederic Lawrence Knowles
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“Why linger o'er decrepit shrine In Hellas or in Palestine? America as Greece is grand, America is Holy Land.”
Frederic Lawrence Knowles (1869–1905) first seen 1901 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: To the American Poet", st. 2. On Life's Stairway (Boston: L. C. Page & Co., 1901) p. 5
“If Love were jester at the court of Death, And Death the king of all, still would I pray "For me the motley and the bauble, yea, Though all be vanity as the Preacher saith, The mirth of love be mine for one brief breath!”
Frederic Lawrence Knowles (1869–1905) first seen 1904 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: If Love were Jester at the Court of Death", l. 1. Love Triumphant (Boston: Dana Estes & Co., 1904) p. 9
“The Night walked down the sky With the moon in her hand.”
Frederic Lawrence Knowles (1869–1905) first seen 1904 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: A Memory", l. 1. Love Triumphant (1904) p. 14
“I find no foeman in the road but Fear — To doubt is failure, and to dare, success!”
Frederic Lawrence Knowles (1869–1905) first seen 1904 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Credo", st. 5. Love Triumphant (1904) p. 53