Philip James Bailey ( 10 of 77 )
Ask not of me, love, what is love?
Ask what is good of God above;
Ask of read more
Ask not of me, love, what is love?
Ask what is good of God above;
Ask of the great sum what is light;
Ask what is darkness of the night;
Ask sin of what may be forgiven;
Ask what is happiness of heaven;
Ask what is folly of the crowd;
Ask what is fashion of the shroud;
Ask what is sweetness of thy kiss;
Ask of thyself what beauty is.
Blessing star forth forever; but a curse
Is like a cloud--it passes.
Blessing star forth forever; but a curse
Is like a cloud--it passes.
Faith is a higher faculty than reason.
Faith is a higher faculty than reason.
The sweetest joy, the wildest woe is love.
The sweetest joy, the wildest woe is love.
The beautiful are never desolate;
But some one alway loves them--God or man.
If man abandons, God read more
The beautiful are never desolate;
But some one alway loves them--God or man.
If man abandons, God himself takes them.
He hath no power that hath not power to use.
He hath no power that hath not power to use.
The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat one's self.
The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat one's self.
I have a heart with room for every joy.
I have a heart with room for every joy.
Who never doubted, never half believed. Where doubt is, there truth is -- it is her shadow.
Who never doubted, never half believed. Where doubt is, there truth is -- it is her shadow.
Evil and good are God's right hand and left.
Evil and good are God's right hand and left.
