Fitz-Greene Halleck Quotes & Sayings

Ere the dolphin dies
Its hues are brightest. Like an infant's breath
Are tropic winds before the voice of death. — Fitz-Greene Halleck

And Burns
though brief the race he ran,
Though rough and dark the paths he trod,
Lived
died
in form and soul a man,
The image of his God. — Fitz-Greene Halleck

None knew thee but to love thee. — Fitz-Greene Halleck

It is a rich storehouse for those who love quotations. It is as full of fine bon mots as a Christmas pudding is full of plums. — Fitz-Greene Halleck

They love their land, because it is their own, And scorn to give aught other reason why; Would shake hands with a king upon his throne, And think it kindness to his majesty. - Fitz — Fitz-Greene Halleck

And thou art terrible
the tear,
The groan, the knell, the pall, the bier;
And all we know, or dream, or fear
Of agony, are thine. — Fitz-Greene Halleck

I sorrow that all fair things must decay. — Fitz-Greene Halleck

The wild-flower wreath of feeling, the sunbeam of the heart. — Fitz-Greene Halleck

This bank-note world. — Fitz-Greene Halleck

Green be the turf above thee,
Friend of my better days!
None knew thee but to love thee,
Nor named thee but to praise. — Fitz-Greene Halleck

Come to the bridal-chamber, Death!
Come to the mother's, when she feels,
For the first time, her first-born's breath!
Come when the blessed seals
That close the pestilence are broke,
And crowded cities wail its stroke! — Fitz-Greene Halleck

I cannot spare the luxury of believing that all things beautiful are what they seem. — Fitz-Greene Halleck

What is man's love? His vows are broke even while his parting kiss is warm. — Fitz-Greene Halleck

Strike-for your altars and your fires;
Strike-for the green graves of your sires;
God-and your native land! — Fitz-Greene Halleck

There is an evening twilight of the heart, When its wild passion-waves are lulled to rest. — Fitz-Greene Halleck