Carlos Wilcox

“A foe to God was ne'er true friend to man, Some sinister intent taints all he does.”

“The genuinely benevolent man sheds blessings all around him.”

“There is a tongue in every leaf, a voice in every rill.”

“In every deed of mischief, fame now adds a newer evil to the former bad.”

“The summer day is closed - the sun is set: Well they have done their office, those bright hours, The latest of whose train goes softly out In the red west.”

“Deep in the soul, below pain, a paradise remains.”

“The soul of man is larger than the sky, Deeper than ocean, or the abysmal dark Of the unfathomed centre.”

“The book of nature is a book of fate.”

“The world is full of poetry. The air is living with its spirit.”

“A life of honor and of worth has no eternity on earth, 'tis but a name.”