22 ordspråk av William Wetmore Story

William Wetmore Story

William Wetmore Story föddes den 12 februar 1819 och dog den 7 oktober 1895
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What looks like swindling with a petty sum,
Is on a grand and speculative scale
Honest enough, so it be large enough.

I sing the hymn of the conquered, who fell in the Battle of Life,
The hymn of the wounded, the beaten, who died overwhelmed in the strife.

Nothing can be sour and sharp
As a love that has decayed --
On the loose strings of the harp
Only discord can be made.

We live as much in all that we have lost
As what we own.

And all but their faith overthrown.

Ah me! the vision has vanished, the music has died away!

Mosquito critics with a poisonous sting.

Man is content to know that he is loved,
And tires the constant phrase "I love" to hear;
But woman doubts the instrument is broke
Unless she daily hear the sweet refrain.

Of every noble work the silent part is best,
Of all expression that which can not be expressed.

Ah, yes! Success, I fear, has come too late!

Speak, History! Who are life's victors? Unroll thy long annals and say:
Are they those whom the world calls the victors, who won the success of a day?

Ah! how ugly Life can be
After Love from it is lopped!

On the broken stem of dreams
Only disappointments grow.

The rain keeps constantly raining,
And the sky is cold and gray,
And the wind in the trees keeps complaining
That summer has passed away; --

When, full of warm and eager love,
I clasp you in my fond embrace,
You gently push me back and say,
"Take care, my dear, you'll spoil my lace."

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