Robert Bridges

“Whate'er befall, I'll find my way.”

“And I too, leaving all I loved, went forth into the unknown.”

“Awake, my heart, to be loved, awake, awake!”

“The very names of things beloved are dear.”

“I will not let thee go. I hold thee by too many bands: Thou sayest farewell, and lo! I have thee by the hands.”

“Perfect little body, without fault or stain on thee, With promise of strength and manhood full and free!”

“Follow the star, the wise men said.”

“Beauty is the highest of all these occult influences, the quality of appearances that thru' the sense wakeneth spiritual emotion in the mind of man.”

“For beauty being the best of all we know sums up the unsearchable and secret aims of nature.”

“Love that hath us in the net, can he pass, and we forget?”

“Man's Reason is in such deep insolvency to Sense.”

“Let us be true: for, if we are not true, How can we be living?”

“Beneath the crisp and wintry carpet hid A million germs of life, a million leaves.”

“Our stability is but balance, and wisdom lies in masterful administration of the unforeseen.”