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In my Father's house are many mansion: if it were not so, I
would have told you. I go read more
In my Father's house are many mansion: if it were not so, I
would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
Hell is paved with good intentions.
Hell is paved with good intentions.
Hell is paved with good Samaritans.
Hell is paved with good Samaritans.
Hell is paved with the skulls of great scholars, and paled in
with the bone of great men.
Hell is paved with the skulls of great scholars, and paled in
with the bone of great men.
Has this world been so kind to you that you should leave with regret? There are better things ahead than read more
Has this world been so kind to you that you should leave with regret? There are better things ahead than any we leave behind.
Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a heaven for?
Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a heaven for?
God keeps a niche
In Heaven, to hold our idols; and albeit
He brake them to our read more
God keeps a niche
In Heaven, to hold our idols; and albeit
He brake them to our faces, and denied
That our close kisses should impair their white,--
I know we shall behold them raised, complete,
The dust swept from their beauty, glorified,
New Memnons singing in the great God-light.
And so upon this wise I prayed,--
Great Spirit, give to me
A heaven not so large read more
And so upon this wise I prayed,--
Great Spirit, give to me
A heaven not so large as yours
But large enough for me.
But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests
are in the depths of hell.
But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests
are in the depths of hell.