O Solitude! if I must with thee dwell,
Let it not be among the jumbled heap
Of murky buildings: climb with me the steep,--
Nature's observatory--whence the dell,
In flowery slopes, its river's crystal swell,
May seem a span; let me thy vigils keep
'Mongst boughs pavilion'd, where the deer's swift leap
Startles the wild bee from the foxglove bell.
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So vain is the belief
That the sequestered path has fewest flowers.
So vain is the belief
That the sequestered path has fewest flowers.
I praise the Frenchman; his remark was shrewd,--
"How sweet, how passing sweet is solitude."
But grant read more
I praise the Frenchman; his remark was shrewd,--
"How sweet, how passing sweet is solitude."
But grant me still a friend in my retreat,
Whom I may whisper--Solitude is sweet.
Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife.
Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife.
But 'midst the crowd, the hum, the shock of men,
To hear, to see, to feel, and to possess,
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But 'midst the crowd, the hum, the shock of men,
To hear, to see, to feel, and to possess,
And roam along, the world's tired denizen,
With none who bless us, none whom we can bless.
Converse with men makes sharp the glittering wit,
But God to man doth speak in solitude.
Converse with men makes sharp the glittering wit,
But God to man doth speak in solitude.
I am as one who is left alone at a banquet, the lights dead and
the flowers faded.
I am as one who is left alone at a banquet, the lights dead and
the flowers faded.
Solitude is the nurse of enthusiasm, and enthusiasm is the true
parent of genius. In all ages solitude has read more
Solitude is the nurse of enthusiasm, and enthusiasm is the true
parent of genius. In all ages solitude has been called for--has
been flown to.
Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty.
Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty.
I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and read more
I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something that I can do.
