The Poetical Works of Jean Ingelow
A source page for quotes linked to Jean Ingelow.
“Reign, and keep life in this our deep desireOur only greatness is that we aspire.”
“There's no dew left on the daisies and clover; there's no rain left in heaven.”
“People newly emerged from obscurity generally launch out into indiscriminate display.”
“I am athirst for God, the living God.”
“And the guelder rose In a great stillness dropped, and ever dropped, Her wealth about her feet.”
“O woman! thou wert fashioned to beguile: So have all sages said, all poets sung.”
“we wish for more in life rather than more of it.”
“You moon, have you done something wrong in heaven / That God has hidden your face?”
“Tears are the showers that fertilize this world.”
“A healthful hunger for a great idea is the beauty and blessedness of life.”
“The moon looks upon many night flowers; the night flowers see but one moon.”
“I have lived to thank God that all my prayers have not been answered.”
“And old affront will stir the heart Through years of rankling pain.”
“I have lived life long enough to thank God that all my prayers have not been answered”
“How short our happy days appear! How long the sorrowful!”
“It is a comely fashion to be glad; Joy is the grace we say to God.”
“Youth! youth! how buoyant are thy hopes! they turn, like marigolds, toward the sunny side.”
“And bitter waxed the fray; Brother with brother spake no word When they met in the way.”
“When sparrows build and the leaves break forth My old sorrow wakes and cries.”
“O fateful flower beside the rill- The Daffodil, the daffodil!”
“Children bring their own love with them when they come.”
“Man is the miracle in nature. God Is the One Miracle to man.”