John Townsend Trowbridge quotes

Our days, our deeds, all we achieve or are, Lay folded in our infancy; the things Of good or ill we choose while yet unborn. (John Townsend Trowbridge)
Of nothing comes nothing: springs rise not above Their source in the far-hidden heart of the mountains: Whence then have descended the Wisdom and Love That in man leap to light in intelligent fountains? View quote
John Townsend Trowbridge
The birds can fly, An' why can't I? View quote
John Townsend Trowbridge
Not in rewards, but in the strength to strive, The blessing lies. View quote
John Townsend Trowbridge
Men are polished, through act and speech, Each by each, As pebbles are smoothed on the rolling beach. View quote
John Townsend Trowbridge
Darius was clearly of the opinion That the air is also man's dominion, And that, with paddle or fin or pinion, We soon or late Shall navigate The azure, as now we sail the sea. View quote
John Townsend Trowbridge
If you will observe, it doesn't take A man of giant mould to make A giant shadow on the wall; And he who in our daily sight Seems but a figure mean and small, Outlined in Fame's illusive light, May stalk, a silhouette sublime, Across the canvas of his time. View quote
John Townsend Trowbridge
With years a richer life begins, The spirit mellows: Ripe age gives tone to violins, Wine, and good fellows. View quote
John Townsend Trowbridge
I keep some portion of my early gleam; Brokenly bright, like moonbeams on a river, It lights my life, a far illusive dream, Moves as I move, and leads me on forever. View quote
John Townsend Trowbridge
The all-enclosing freehold of Content. View quote
John Townsend Trowbridge
For me the diamond dawns are set In rings of beauty, And all my ways are dewy wet With pleasant duty. (John Townsend Trowbridge)