Ebenezer Elliott Quotes

#1. Life is short, and time is swift;
Roses fade, and shadows shift.

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#2. Things of today? Deeds which are harvest for Eternity!

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#3. Daisies infinite Uplift in praise their little growing hands, O'er every hill that under heaven expands.

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#4. Tis toil's reward, that sweetens industry, As love inspires with strength the enraptur'd thrush.

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#5. If't were not for my cat and dog, I think I could not live.

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#6. The quivering flesh, though torture-torn, may live, but souls, once deeply wounded, heal no more.

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#7. Stern fate and time Will have their victims; and the best die first, Leaving the bad still strong, though past their prime, To curse the hopeless world they ever curs'd Vaunting vile deeds, and vainest of the worst.

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#8. Again the violet of our early days Drinks beauteous azure from the golden sun, And kindles into fragrance at his blaze.

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#9. Sleep, to the homeless thou art home; the friendless find in thee a friend

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#10. Almighty Father! let thy lowly child,
Strong in his love of truth, be wisely bold,
A patriot bard, by sycophants reviled.
Let him live usefully, and not die old!

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#11. What is a Communist? One who hath yearnings For equal division of unequal earnings, Idler or bungler, or both, he is willing, To fork out his copper and pocket your shilling.

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#12. The streams, rejoiced that winter's work is done, Talk of to-morrow's cowslips as they run.

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