“Beyond this vale of tears there is a life above. unmeasured by the flight of years; and all that life is love.”
Source: The Christian Psalmist; or, Hymns selected and original ... Sixth edition
“If God hath made this world so fair,
Where sin and death abound,
How beautiful beyond compare
Will paradise be found!”
Source: The poetical works of Rogers, Campbell, J. Montgomery, Lamb, and Kirke White: complete in one volume
“The Dove, on silver pinions, winged her peaceful way.”
“Eternity: a moment standing still for ever.”
“A mother's love — how sweet the name! What is a mother's love? — A noble, pure and tender flame, Enkindled from above, To bless a heart of earthly mould; The warmest love that can grow cold; This is a mother's love.”
Source: The poetical works of Rogers, Campbell, J. Montgomery, Lamb, and Kirke White: complete in one volume
“Blue thou art, intensely blue; Flower, whence came thy dazzling hue?”
Source: The Poetical Works of James Montgomery: With a Memoir
“There is a flower, a little flower With silver crest and golden eye, That welcomes every changing hour, And weathers every sky.”
Source: The poetical works of Rogers, Campbell, J. Montgomery, Lamb, and Kirke White: complete in one volume
“Tis human actions paint the chart of time.”
“Nature's prime favourites were the Pelicans;
High-fed, long-lived, and sociable and free.”
Source: The Pelican Island, and other poems
“We fought the Revolutionary War for no taxation without representation, it seems to me that we are much worse off today, because we are heavily taxed, and only the king's corporations control this Country, together with mob rule, of the special interests.”
“Here hyacinths of heavenly blue, shook their rich tresses to the morn.”
Source: The Poetical Works of James Montgomery: In Six Volumes. Greenland ; Miscellaneous poems ; Narratives ; Translations from Dante
“Time is eternity begun.”
Source: The Poetical Works of James Montgomery: With a Memoir
“To-morrow — oh, 'twill never be, If we should live a thousand years! Our time is all to-day, to-day, The same, though changed; and while it flies With still small voice the moments say: "To-day, to-day, be wise, be wise.”
Source: The Poetical Works of James Montgomery: With a Memoir of the Author...
“The Dead are like the stars by day; Withdrawn from mortal eye, But not extinct, they hold their way In glory through the sky.”
Source: Poems ... To which is added a memoir of the author. A new edition, with illustrations
“Who that hath ever been Could bear to be no more? Yet who would tread again the scene He trod through life before?”
Source: The poetical works of Rogers, Campbell, J. Montgomery, Lamb, and Kirke White: complete in one volume
“Bliss in possession will not last; Remembered joys are never past.”
Source: The poetical works of James Montgomery, with notes, etc
“Joys too exquisite to last, And yet more exquisite when past.”
Source: Lectures on general literature, poetry &c: delivered at the Royal Institution in 1830 and 1831
“Prayer is the soul's sincere desire, Uttered or unexpressed, The motion of a hidden fire That trembles in the breast. Prayer is the burden of a sigh, The falling of a tear, The upward glancing of an eye When none but God is near.”
Source: The Poetical Works of James Montgomery: With a Memoir
“When evening closes Nature's eye, The glow-worm lights her little spark To captivate her favorite fly And tempt the rover through the dark.”
Source: The poetical works of Rogers, Campbell, J. Montgomery, Lamb, and Kirke White: complete in one volume
“Songs of praise the angels sang, Heav'n with alleluias rang, when creation was begun, when God spoke and it was done.”
“When the good man yields his breath (For the good man never dies).”
Source: The poetical works of Rogers, Campbell, J. Montgomery, Lamb, and Kirke White: complete in one volume
“Hymns should have unity, graduation and mutual dependence in the thoughts, a conscious progress, a sense of completeness and be easily understood.”
“When to the cross I turn my eyes,And rest on Calvary,O Lamb of God, my sacrifice,I must remember Thee.”
Source: The Poetical Works of James Montgomery: In Six Volumes. Original hymns ; Appendix of posthumous poems
“There is a calm for those who weep, A rest for weary pilgrims found, They softly lie and sweetly sleep Low in the ground.”
Source: The poetical works of Rogers, Campbell, J. Montgomery, Lamb, and Kirke White: complete in one volume
“While rose-buds scarcely show'd their hue, But coyly linger'd on the thorn.”
Source: The poetical works of Rogers, Campbell, J. Montgomery, Lamb, and Kirke White: complete in one volume
“Two roses on one slender spray In sweet communion grew, Together hailed the morning ray And drank the evening dew.”
Source: The select poetical works of James Montgomery
“Eagle of flowers! I see thee stand, And on the sun's noon-glory gaze; With eye like his, thy lids expand, And fringe their disk with golden rays: Though fix'd on earth, in darkness rooted there, Light is thy element, thy dwelling air, Thy prospect heaven.”
Source: The Poetical Works of James Montgomery: With a Memoir
“There is a world above, Where parting is unknown; A whole eternity of love, Form'd for the good alone; And faith beholds the dying here Translated to that happier sphere.”
Source: The poetical works of Rogers, Campbell, J. Montgomery, Lamb, and Kirke White: complete in one volume
“Gashed with honourable scars,Low in Glory's lap they lie;Though they fell, they fell like stars,Streaming splendour through the sky.”
Source: A New and Complete Edition of the Works of James Montgomery: Including Several Poems Now First Collected; Together with a Sketch of His Life. To which are Added, Some Original Pieces, by Another Pen
“Night is the time to weep,To wet with unseen tearsThose graves of memory where sleepThe joys of other years.”
Source: The poetical works of Rogers, Campbell, J. Montgomery, Lamb, and Kirke White: complete in one volume
“Baptize the nations! far and nigh,The triumphs of the cross recordThe name of Jesus glorify,Till every people call Him Lord.”
“Prayer moves the arm Which moves the world, And brings salvation down.”
“The tulip's petals shine in dew, All beautiful, but none alike.”
Source: The poetical works of Rogers, Campbell, J. Montgomery, Lamb, and Kirke White: complete in one volume
“Dark-green and gemm'd with flowers of snow, With close uncrowded branches spread Not proudly high, nor meanly low, A graceful myrtle rear'd its head.”
Source: The select poetical works of James Montgomery
“Yet nightly pitch my moving tent, a day's march nearer home.”
Source: The select poetical works of James Montgomery
“Fairest and best adorned is she Whose clothing is humility.”
Source: Sacred Poems and Hymns: For Public and Private Devotion