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Park Benjamin Sr.
9 quotes
“I'm king of the dead—and I make my throne On a monument slab of marble cold; And my scepter of rule is the spade I hold: Come they from cottage or come they from hall, Mankind are my subjects, all, all, all! Let them loiter in pleasure or toilfully spin— I gather them in, I gather them in!”
Park Benjamin Sr. (1809–1864) said by 1864 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Old Sexton, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“Flowers are Love's truest language.”
Park Benjamin Sr. (1809–1864) said by 1864 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Sonnet, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“The mountain rill Seeks with no surer flow the far bright sea, Than my unchang'd affections flow to thee.”
Park Benjamin Sr. (1809–1864) said by 1864 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Great faith it needs, according to my view, To trust in that which never could be true.”
Park Benjamin Sr. (1809–1864) said by 1864 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“He loved his kind, but sought the love of few, And valued old opinions more than new.”
Park Benjamin Sr. (1809–1864) said by 1864 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“But then to part! to part when Time Has wreathed his tireless wing with flowers, And spread the richness of a clime Of fairy o'er this land of ours; When glistening leaves and shaded streams In the soft light of Autumn lay, And, like the music of our dreams, The viewless breezes seemed to stray— 'T was bitter then to rend the heart With the sad thought that we must part; And, like some low and mournful spell, To whisper but one word—farewell!”
Park Benjamin Sr. (1809–1864) said by 1864 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Pure and undimmed, thy angel smile Is mirrored on my dreams, Like evening's sunset-girded isle Upon her shadowed streams: And o'er my thoughts thy vision floats, Like melody of spring-bird, notes; When the blue halcyon gently laves His plumage in the flashing waves.”
Park Benjamin Sr. (1809–1864) said by 1864 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Press on! there's no such word as fail! Press nobly on! the goal is near,— Ascend the mountain! breast the gale! Look upward, onward,—never fear! Why shouldst thou faint? Heaven smiles above, Though storm and vapor intervene; That sun shines on, whose name is Love, Serenely o'er Life's shadow'd scene.”
Park Benjamin Sr. (1809–1864) said by 1864 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Press on! If Fortune play thee false To-day, tomorrow she'll be true; Whom now she sinks she now exalts, Taking old gifts and granting new, The wisdom of the present hour Makes up the follies past and gone; To weakness, strength succeeds, and power From frailty springs! Press on, press on!”
Park Benjamin Sr. (1809–1864) said by 1864 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source