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May I but meet thee on that peaceful shore,/ The parting word shall pass my lips no more!


William Cowper

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Grey rocks, and greyer sea,
And surf along the shore --
And in my heart a name
M...
CHARLES G.D. ROBERTS if I see but one smile on your lips when we meet, occasioned by this or any other exertion of mine, ...
MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT SHELLEY Be that word our sign of parting, bird or fiend!” I shrieked, upstarting—
“Get thee back ...
EDGAR ALLAN POE My boat is on the shore, And my bark is on the sea: But, before I go, Tom Moore, Here's ...
LORD BYRON (GEORGE GORDON NOEL BYRON) So will I make my fury toward thee to rest, and my jealousy shall depart from thee, and I will be qu...
BIBLE My Husband Lord dwells on this shore, and on the shore beyond; I would still meet Him, and hug Him c...
SRI GURU GRANTH SAHIB I have no name: I am but two days old. What shall I call thee? I happy am, Joy is my name. Sweet joy...
WILLIAM BLAKE And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at al...
BIBLE And shall I pray Thee change Thy will, my Father,
Until it be according unto mine?
But, no...
AMY CARMICHAEL That I may apprehend thee as light lightening every creature and everything, every moment; that I ma...
ERIC MILNER-WHITE O listen to the sounding seaThat beats on the remorseless shore,O listen! for that sound will beWhen...
GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS Never esteem anything as of advantage to thee that shall make thee break thy word or lose thy self-r...
MARCUS AURELIUS And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, whi...
BIBLE And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left in thine house shall come and crouch to him f...
BIBLE We only part to meet again. / Change, as ye list, ye winds; my heart shall be / The faithful compass...
JOHN GAY But Jeremiah said, They shall not deliver thee. Obey, I beseech thee, the voice of the LORD, which I...
BIBLE I give thee what is most my own - A Dedication by Francis William Bourdillon
FRANCIS WILLIAM BOURDILLON I, whenever I see thee, thirst, and holding the cup, apply it to my lips more for thy sake than for...
PHILOSTRATUS What thing shall I take to witness for thee? what thing shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusal...
BIBLE Behold, my terror shall not make thee afraid, neither shall my hand be heavy upon thee.
BIBLE Shall the flocks and the herds be slain for them, to suffice them? or shall all the fish of the sea ...
BIBLE Oh! that I might repose on Thee! Oh! that Thou wouldest enter into my heart, inebriate it, that I ma...
AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO Lochiel, Lochiel! beware of the day / When the Lowlands shall meet thee in battle array!
THOMAS CAMPBELL My path has not been determined. I shall have more experiences and pass many more milestones.
AGNETHA FALTSKOG Since yesterday I have been in Alcala. Erelong the time will come, sweet Preciosa, When that d...
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW A bird that you set free may be caught again, but a word that escapes your lips will not return.
JEWISH PROVERB Oh! snatched away in beauty's bloom,
On thee shall press no ponderous tomb;
But on thy turf ...
LORD (GEORGE GORDON) BYRON For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks? / I am weary ...
BIBLE Forever, and forever, farewell, Cassius! If we do meet again, why, we shall smile; If not, why then ...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation; There shall...
PSALM 91:9-11 But ask now the beasts, any they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell th...
BIBLE But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell th...
BIBLE But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell the...
BIBLE And Balak said unto Balaam, Did I not earnestly send unto thee to call thee? wherefore camest thou n...
BIBLE But thing in the past are like plate that’s shattered to pieces. You can never put it back togethe...
HARUKI MURAKAMI My pipe is out, my glass is dry; My fire is almost ashes too; But once again, before you go, And I p...
ROBERT SERVICE My pipe is out, my glass is dry; My fire is almost ashes too; But once again, before you go, And I p...
ROBERT SERVICE How can a young man keep his way pure? By keeping it according to Thy Word. Thy Word I have treasure...
BIBLE Parting is such sweet sorrow that I shall say goodnight till it be morrow.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE England with all thy faults, I love thee still-- My country! and, while yet a nook is left Wh...
WILLIAM COWPER Lie on! While my revenge shall be, to speak the very truth of thee
LORD NUGENT Send me nor this, nor that, to increase my store,
But swear thou think'st I love thee, and no m...
JOHN DONNE I love thee, I love but thee With a love that shall not die Till the sun grows cold, And the stars g...
BAYARD TAYLOR Nearer, my God, to Thee-- Nearer to Thee-- E'en though it be a cross That raiseth me; ...
MRS. SARAH FLOWER ADAMS Vessels large may venture more, but little boats should keep near shore.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN But if thou shalt forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in thee.
BIBLE Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many...
BIBLE Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE A more peaceful world and a more peaceful century require that we rely not on weapons but on develop...
AULIQ-ICE A more peaceful world and a more peaceful century require that we rely not on weapons but on develop...
OSCAR AULIQ-ICE And he cried against the altar in the word of the LORD, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the LOR...
BIBLE Yet hear the word of the LORD, O Zedekiah king of Judah; Thus saith the LORD of thee, Thou shalt not...
BIBLE She is a wall of brass; You shall not pass! You shall not pass! Spring up like Summer grass, ...
HAROLD BEGBIE (USED PSEUDONYM "A GENTLEMAN WITH A DUSTER") Smiles, tears, of all my life! - and, if God choose, I shall but love thee better after death.
ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING Smiles, tears, of all my life! - and, if God choose, I shall but love thee better after death
ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING No, I had the Levis guy on my wall, not a picture of William, sorry.
KATE MIDDLETON I never was on the dull, tame shore, But I loved the great sea more and more.
BARRY CORNWALL (PSEUDONYM OF BRYAN WALLER PROCTER) I never was on the dull, tame shore, But I loved the great sea more and more.
BARRY CORNWALL I never was on the dull, tame shore, But I loved the great sea more and more.
BRYAN PROCTER O what a blessed day that will be when I shall . . . stand on the shore and look back on the raging ...
RICHARD BAXTER Father of rosy day, No more thy clouds of incense rise; But waking flow'rs, At morning h...
THOMAS HOOD Feast of George Herbert, Priest, Poet, 1633 The shepherds sing; and shall I silent be? My God, no...
GEORGE HERBERT The word 'shrink' is on everybody's lips.
C. DAVID BUTLER As for me, I have not hastened from being a pastor to follow thee: neither have I desired the woeful...
BIBLE Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee.
BIBLE My mood depends on the girl whom I love, but she is like a wildest hurricane, drifting shore to shor...
J. LIMBU Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days; and there shall no leavened bread be seen with thee, nei...
BIBLE And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come t...
BIBLE Like two doomed ships that pass in storm we had crossed each other's way: but we made no sign, we sa...
OSCAR WILDE When thou criest, let thy companies deliver thee; but the wind shall carry them all away; vanity sha...
BIBLE The moment eternal - just that and no more - When ecstasy's utmost we clutch at the core While cheek...
ROBERT BROWNING The lips of the wise are as the doors of a cabinet; no sooner are they opened, but treasures are pou...
AKHENATON He felt as if his heart had dried up. I needed her he thought. I needed someone like her to fill the...
HARUKI MURAKAMI Parting they seemed to tread upon the air,/ Twin roses by the zephyr blown apart / Only to meet agai...
JOHN KEATS Oh! no! we never mention her, her name is never heard; my lips are now forbid to speak, that once fa...
THOMAS HAYNES BAYLY Stay for me there; I will not fail / To meet thee in that hollow vale. / And think not much of my de...
HENRY KING Form no covetous desire, so that the demon of greediness may not deceive thee, and the treasure of t...
ZOROASTER Therefore all they that devour thee shall be devoured; and all thine adversaries, every one of them,...
BIBLE And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto all that I command thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do...
BIBLE For when David was up in the morning, the word of the LORD came unto the prophet Gad, David's seer, ...
BIBLE Many a sin has sullied me in body and in soul because I did not restrain my thoughts nor guard my li...
SAINT AMBROSE And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou be my ...
BIBLE I shall fulfill my contract, no more nor less.
LILLIE LANGTRY I thank thee, Jew, for teaching me that word.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the e...
BIBLE O Cuckoo! shall I call thee bird,Or but a wandering voice?
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH And I will set my jealousy against thee, and they shall deal furiously with thee: they shall take aw...
BIBLE The LORD judge between me and thee, and the LORD avenge me of thee: but mine hand shall not be upon ...
BIBLE I listened long to your story,
Listened but could not hear.
When you chose to walk that pa...
ANNE ELISABETH STENGL Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as n...
BIBLE Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough win...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Like two doomed ships that pass in storm
We had crossed each other's way:
But we made no s...
OSCAR WILDE The moment eternal - just that and no more - When ecstasy's utmost we clutch at the core While c...
ROBERT BROWNING We shall find no fiend in hell can match the fury of a disappointed woman,—scorned, slighted, dismi...
COLLEY CIBBER Do not calculate what I have done, for I shall accept no recompense. Calculate the public advantage,...
MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow, That I shall say good night till it be morr...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow, that I shall say good night till it be morrow.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow, That I shall say good night till it be morrow
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee - for whither thou goest, I wil...
CASSANDRA CLARE It’s so peaceful. I could go to sleep in here.” His eyes flickered to me once more, and for a di...
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WILLIAM COWPER The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.
WILLIAM COWPER The Frenchman, easy, debonair, and brisk, Give him his lass, his fiddle, and his frisk, Is alw...
WILLIAM COWPER Words learned by rote a parrot may rehearse; but talking is not always to converse, not more distinc...
WILLIAM COWPER 'Tis hard if all is false that I advance
A fool must now and then be right, by chance.
WILLIAM COWPER A life of ease is a difficult pursuit.
WILLIAM COWPER The path of sorrow, and that path alone, Leads to the lands where sorrow is unknown.
WILLIAM COWPER O solitude, where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell in the midst o...
WILLIAM COWPER Oh, for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade, Where rumour of o...
WILLIAM COWPER I praise the Frenchman; his remark was shrewd,-- "How sweet, how passing sweet is solitude." B...
WILLIAM COWPER A story, in which native humour reigns, Is often useful, always entertains; A graver fact, enl...
WILLIAM COWPER Words learn'd by rote a parrot may rehearse, But talking is not always to converse, Not more d...
WILLIAM COWPER Variety's the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavour.
WILLIAM COWPER The earth was made so various, that the mind Of desultory man, studious of change And pleased ...
WILLIAM COWPER God moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform; He plants his footsteps in the sea, And r...
WILLIAM COWPER His wit invites you by his looks to come, But when you knock, it never is at home.
WILLIAM COWPER Ten thousand casks, Forever dribbling out their base contents, Touch'd by the Midas finger of ...
WILLIAM COWPER Still ending, and beginning still.
WILLIAM COWPER We bear our shades about us; self-deprived Of other screen, the thin umbrella spread, And rang...
WILLIAM COWPER Some boundless contiguity of shade.
WILLIAM COWPER No tree in all the grove but has its charms, Though each its hue peculiar.
WILLIAM COWPER Discourse may want an animated "No"To brush the surface, and to make it flow;But still remember, if ...
WILLIAM COWPER Me howling blasts drive devious, tempest-tossed, / Sails ripped, seams opening wide, and compass los...
WILLIAM COWPER Spare feast! a radish and an egg.
WILLIAM COWPER I was a stricken deer, that left the herd / Long since.
WILLIAM COWPER