John Boyle O'Reilly was an Irish-American poet, born on June 28, 1844, and died on August 10, 1890. His poetry was deeply influenced by Irish nationalism and Romanticism, with notable works including 'The Irish Spring' and 'The Irish Autumn'.
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Source: Life of John Boyle O'Reilly
“Take gifts with a sigh: most men give to be paid.”
Source: Songs, Legends and Ballads
“When honor comes to you, be ready to take it; But reach not to seize it before it is near.”
Source: Songs, Legends and Ballads
Source: Songs, Legends and Ballads
Source: Selected poems
Source: Songs, Legends and Ballads
“Doubt is brother-devil to Despair.”
Source: Watchwords
Source: Ethics of Boxing and Manly Sport
Source: Ethics of Boxing and Manly Sport
Source: Ethics of Boxing and Manly Sport
“Too late we learn, a man must hold his friend Unjudged, accepted, trusted to the end.”
Source: In Bohemia
“Be silent and safe-silence never betrays you.”
Source: Songs, Legends and Ballads
Source: Selected poems, speeches, dedications and letters of John Boyle O'Reilly, 1844-1890
“Ireland is a fruitful mother of genius, but a barren nurse.”
Source: Watchwords
“Who heeds not experience, trust him not.”
Source: Songs, Legends and Ballads
“Put least trust in him who is foremost to praise you, nor judge of a road till it draw to the end.”
Source: Songs, Legends and Ballads
Source: Selected poems
“A dreamer lives forever, And a toiler dies in a day.”
Source: Selected poems, speeches, dedications and letters of John Boyle O'Reilly, 1844-1890
“The wealth of mankind is the wisdom they leave.”
Source: Songs, Legends and Ballads
“I'd rather live in Bohemia than in any other land.”
Source: In Bohemia
“For the love that is purest and sweetest Has a kiss of desire on the lips.”
Source: Watchwords
“They who see the Flying Dutchman never, never reach the shore.”
Source: Songs from the Southern Seas: And Other Poems
“Each heart holds the secret: 'Kindness' is the word.”
Source: Selected poems
Source: Selected poems
“The organized charity, scrimped and iced, In the name of a cautious, statistical Christ.”
Source: Selected poems
“... every man on the planet Has just as much right as yourself to the road.”
Source: Songs, Legends and Ballads