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John Townsend Trowbridge
11 quotes
“For me the diamond dawns are set In rings of beauty, And all my ways are dewy wet With pleasant duty.”
John Townsend Trowbridge (1827–1916) said by 1916 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Darius was clearly of the opinion That the air is also man’s dominion, And that, with paddle or fin or pinion, We soon or late Shall navigate The azure, as now we sail the sea.”
John Townsend Trowbridge (1827–1916) said by 1916 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The birds can fly, An' why can't I?”
John Townsend Trowbridge (1827–1916) first seen 1867 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Darius Green and his Flying-Machine," Our Young Folks: an illustrated magazine (March 1867).
“Of nothing comes nothing: springs rise not above Their source in the far-hidden heart of the mountains: Whence then have descended the Wisdom and Love That in man leap to light in intelligent fountains?”
John Townsend Trowbridge (1827–1916) said by 1916 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If you will observe, it doesn’t take A man of giant mould to make A giant shadow on the wall; And he who in our daily sight Seems but a figure mean and small, Outlined in Fame’s illusive light, May stalk, a silhouette sublime, Across the canvas of his time.”
John Townsend Trowbridge (1827–1916) said by 1916 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Men are polished, through act and speech, Each by each, As pebbles are smoothed on the rolling beach.”
John Townsend Trowbridge (1827–1916) said by 1916 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Our days, our deeds, all we achieve or are, Lay folded in our infancy; the things Of good or ill we choose while yet unborn.”
John Townsend Trowbridge (1827–1916) said by 1916 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Not in rewards, but in the strength to strive, The blessing lies.”
John Townsend Trowbridge (1827–1916) said by 1916 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I keep some portion of my early gleam; Brokenly bright, like moonbeams on a river, It lights my life, a far illusive dream, Moves as I move, and leads me on forever.”
John Townsend Trowbridge (1827–1916) said by 1916 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“With years a richer life begins, The spirit mellows: Ripe age gives tone to violins, Wine, and good fellows.”
John Townsend Trowbridge (1827–1916) said by 1916 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The all-enclosing freehold of Content.”
John Townsend Trowbridge (1827–1916) said by 1916 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source