Alice Meynell

“The spirit of delight comes often on small wings.”

“All that I have of things beautiful, I have found, not sought.”

“The sun, a planet on his highest throne, has dropped his sceptre in a sea of gold.”

“The sense of humor is the just balance of all the faculties of man, the best security against the pride of knowledge and the vanity of the affections.”

“With the first step, the solid ground is gone, And the blind moments sweep his soul along.”

“He is not dead, this friend; not dead, But in the path we mortals tread, Got some few, trifling steps ahead.”

“The rhythm of life is a gentle rhythm; it is a fall and a rise, a fall and a rise.”

“All my thoughts are throngs of living souls.”

“A great poet is the most precious possession of a nation.”

“Wisdom is a thing of the silent hours.”

“There is nothing in the world more pathetic than a child's terror.”

“The future is a world limited by ourselves.”

“Art is the expression of the triumphant soul.”

“O, not more subtly silence strays Amongst the winds, between the voices.”

“She walks—the lady of my delight— A shepherdess of sheep.”

“My heart shall be thy garden. Come, my own, Into thy garden; thine be happy hours Among my fairest thoughts, my tallest flowers.”

“Solitude is the audience-chamber of God.”

“Happiness is not a matter of events; it depends upon the tides of the mind.”

“I must not think of thee; and, tired yet strong, I shun the thought that lurks in all delight.”

“The past is not a package one can lay away.”