Martin Farquhar Tupper quotes - page 2
Eye hath not seen, tongue hath not told,
And ear hath not heard it sung,
How buoyant and bold, though it seem to grow old,
Is the heart, forever young; - Forever young, - though life's old age
Hath every nerve unstrung:
The heart, the heart, is a heritage
That keeps the old man young!
Martin Farquhar Tupper
Hush,-for the halo of calmness is spreading
Over my spirit as mild as a dove;
Hush,-for the angel of comfort is shedding
Over my body his vial of love;
Hush,-for new slumbers are over me stealing,
Thus would I court them again and again,
Hush,-for my heart is intoxicate,-reeling
In the swift waltz of my beautiful brain!
Martin Farquhar Tupper
Away with false fashion, so calm and so chill,
Where pleasure itself cannot please;
Away with cold breeding, that faithlessly still
Affects to be quite at its ease;
For the deepest in feeling is highest in rank,
The freest is first of the band,
Nature's own Nobleman, friendly and frank,
Is a man with his heart in his hand!
Martin Farquhar Tupper
"Let byegones be byegones,”-they foolishly say,
And bid me be wise and forget them;
But old recollections are active to-day,
And I can do nought but regret them;
Though the present be pleasant, all joyous and gay,
And promising well for the morrow,
I love to look back on the years past away,
Embalming my byegones in sorrow.
Martin Farquhar Tupper