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.”

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

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

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

“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.”

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

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

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

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