Paradise is our native country, and we in this world be as exiles and strangers

Paradise is our native country, and we in this world be as exiles and strangers

A book of Verses underneath the Bough,
A Jug of Wine, A Loaf of Bread, and Thou
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A book of Verses underneath the Bough,
A Jug of Wine, A Loaf of Bread, and Thou
Beside me singing in the Wilderness--
On, Wilderness were Paradise enow!

If one cannot catch the bird of paradise, better take a wet hen.

If one cannot catch the bird of paradise, better take a wet hen.

I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.

I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.

It is a curious thing that every creed promises a paradise which will be absolutely uninhabitable for anyone of civilised read more

It is a curious thing that every creed promises a paradise which will be absolutely uninhabitable for anyone of civilised taste.

The Park Avenue of poodles and polished brass; it is cab country, tip-town, glassville, a window-washer's paradise.

The Park Avenue of poodles and polished brass; it is cab country, tip-town, glassville, a window-washer's paradise.

Mahomet was taking his afternoon nap in his Paradise. An houri
had rolled a cloud under his head, and read more

Mahomet was taking his afternoon nap in his Paradise. An houri
had rolled a cloud under his head, and he was snoring serenely
near the fountain of Salsabil.

He that does good for good's sake seeks neither paradise nor reward, but he is sure of both in the read more

He that does good for good's sake seeks neither paradise nor reward, but he is sure of both in the end

The meanest floweret of the vale,
The simplest note that swells the gale,
The common sun, the read more

The meanest floweret of the vale,
The simplest note that swells the gale,
The common sun, the air, the skies,
To him are open paradise.