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James Gates Percival was a British poet born on September 15, 1795, and died on May 2, 1856. Known for his lyrical and narrative poetry, Percival held a significant place in 19th-century British literature.

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Famous James Gates Percival Quotes

“I am one who finds within me a nobility that spurns the idle pratings of the great, and their mean boasts of what their fathers were, while they themselves are fools effeminate.”

Mean Father Fool Idle Boast Nobility Ancestry

Author:James Gates Percival

“How awful is that hour when con, science stings.”

Hours Conscience Awful

Book:Poems

Source: Poems

“There is nothing but death Our affections can sever, And till life's latest breath Love shall bind us for ever.”

Breaths Affection Constancy

Book:The Poetical Works of James Gates Percival: With a Biographical Sketch

Source: The Poetical Works of James Gates Percival: With a Biographical Sketch

“The recollection of one upward hour Hath more in it to tranquilize and cheer The darkness of despondency, than years Of gayety and pleasure.”

Years Hours Pleasure Darkness Cheer Recollection Despondency

Book:Prometheus, part II, with other poems

Source: Prometheus, part II, with other poems

“Night steals on; and the day takes its farewell, like the words of a departing friend, or the last tone of hallowed music in a minister's aisles, heard when it floats along the shade of elms, in the still place of graves.”

Stills Lasts Night Heard Graves Stealing Evening Ministers Tone Shade Farewell Floats Aisle Departing

Author:James Gates Percival

“Sweet flower, thou tellest how hearts as pure and tender as thy leaf, as low and humble as thy stem, will surely know the joy that peace imparts.”

Knows Heart Joy Sweet Flower Pure Lows Humble Stem Leafs Impart Sweet Flowers

Book:The Columbian lyre: or, Specimens of transatlantic poetry

Source: The Columbian lyre: or, Specimens of transatlantic poetry

“In Eastern lands they talk in flowers, And they tell in a garland their loves and cares; Each blossom that blooms in their garden bowers, On its leaves a mystic language bears.”

Care Language Land Flower Bears Garden Eastern Mystic Garlands Love And Care

Book:The poetical works of James Gates Percival

Source: The poetical works of James Gates Percival

“Happy the life, that in a peaceful stream, Obscure, unnoticed through the vale has flow'd; The heart that ne'er was charm'd by fortune's gleam Is ever sweet contentment's blest abode.”

Heart Sweet Flow Fortune Peaceful Streams Charm Contentment Obscure Unnoticed Gleam Abode

Author:James Gates Percival

“O rose! the sweetest blossom, Of spring the fairest flower, O rose! the joy of heaven. The god of love, with roses His yellow locks adorning, Dances with the hours and graces.”

Joy Heaven Hours Grace Flower Spring Rose Yellow Locks Sweetest

Book:The Poetical Works of James Gates Percival: With a Biographical Sketch

Source: The Poetical Works of James Gates Percival: With a Biographical Sketch

“Our thoughts are boundless, though our frames are frail, Our souls immortal, though our limbs decay; Though darken'd in this poor life by a veil Of suffering, dying matter, we shall play In truth's eternal sunbeams; on the way To heaven's high capitol our cars shall roll; The temple of the Power whom all obey, That is the mark we tend to, for the soul Can take no lower flight, and seek no meaner goal.”

Way Soul Matter Play Suffering Heaven Goal Poor Dying Car Eternal Mark Flight Temples Immortal Decay Our Thoughts Veils Limbs Boundless Frail Capitol Sunbeams Poor Life

Book:Poems by James G. Percival ...

Source: Poems by James G. Percival ...

“Thought can wing its way Swifter than lightning-flashes or the beam That hastens on the pinions of the morn.”

Way Wings Flash Lightning Beam

Book:The Poetical Works of James Gates Percival: With a Biographical Sketch

Source: The Poetical Works of James Gates Percival: With a Biographical Sketch

“Roses bloom, and then they wither; Cheeks are bright, then fade and die; Shapes of light are wafted hither, Then, like visions, hurry by.”

Light Dies Vision Shapes Rose Fades Cheeks Vicissitudes

Book:The Poetical Works of James Gates Percival: With a Biographical Sketch

Source: The Poetical Works of James Gates Percival: With a Biographical Sketch

“Green sods are all their monument; and yet it tells A nobler history than pillared piles, Or the eternal pyramids.”

Eternal Green Memorial Monument Pyramids Memorial Day Memorial Day Poems Memorial Day Remembrance Happy Memorial Day Sod Memorial Day Weekend

Book:The poetical works of James Gates Percival

Source: The poetical works of James Gates Percival

“The thundering voice that wrings, in one dark, damning moment, crimes of years!”

Years Moments Voice Dark Crime

Author:James Gates Percival

“The world is full of poetry. The air is living with its spirit; and the waves dance to the music of its melodies, and sparkle in its brightness.”

World Spirit Poetry Air Wave Melody Brightness Sparkle

Book:The poetical works of James Gates Percival

Source: The poetical works of James Gates Percival

“There are moments of life that we never forget, which brighten and brighten as time steals away.”

Moments Forget Stealing Never Forget Moments Of Life

Author:James Gates Percival

About the Author

Born: September 15, 1795
Died: May 2, 1856
Known for: Poet
Quotes: 16

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