76 Famous Quotes by Philip James Bailey
4/22/1816 - 9/6/1902
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About Philip James Bailey
Philip James Bailey, English spasmodic poet, author of Festus, was born at Nottingham.
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Joys
Are bubble-like--what makes them bursts them too.
- Philip James Bailey, Festus
Joy
Quotes, by Philip James Bailey , Source: Festus (sc. A Library and Balcony--A Summer Night, l. 62)
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The worst men often give the best advice.
Our deeds are sometimes better than our thoughts.
Advice
Quotes, by Philip James Bailey , Source: Festus (sc. A Village Feast, Evening)
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The sun, centre and sire of light,
The keystone of the world-built arch of heaven.
Sun
Quotes, by Philip James Bailey , Source: Festus (sc. Heaven)
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See the gold sunshine patching,
And streaming and streaking across
The gray-green oaks; and catching,
By its soft brown beard, the moss.
Sun
Quotes, by Philip James Bailey , Source: Festus (sc. The Surface, l. 409)
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Corruption springs from light: 'tis one same power
Creates, preserves, destroys; matter whereon
It works, on e'er self-transmutative form,
Common to now the living, now the dead.
Light
Quotes, by Philip James Bailey , Source: Festus (sc. Water and Wood)
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Who never doubted, never half believed.
Where doubt there truth is--'tis her shadow.
Doubt
Quotes, by Philip James Bailey , Source: Festus (sc. A Country Town)
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The dew,
'Tis of the tears which stars weep, sweet with joy.
Dew
Quotes, by Philip James Bailey , Source: Festus (sc. Another and a Better World)
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Dewdrops, Nature's tears, which she
Sheds in her own breast for the fair which die.
The sun insists on gladness; but at night,
When he is gone, poor Nature loves to weep.
Dew
Quotes, by Philip James Bailey , Source: Festus (sc. Water and Wood--Midnight)
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