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“All the rarest hues of human life take radiance and are rainbowed out in tears.”

Book:My Lyrical Life: Poems Old and New

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My Lyrical Life: Poems Old and New

This volume encompasses a selection of poems, showcasing the author's evolution in lyrical expression over time. more

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Gerald Massey

Gerald Massey was an English poet born on May 29, 1828, and died on October 29, 1907. His poetry is known for its unique style and profound themes. more

“We have to recognise, that the gin-palace, like many other evils, although as poisonous, is still a natural outgrowth of our social conditions. The tap-room in many cases is the poor man's only parlour. Many a man takes to beer, not from the love of beer, but from a natural craving for the light, warmth, company, and comfort which is thrown in along with the beer, and which he cannot get excepting by buying beer. Reformers will never get rid of the drink shop until they can outbid it in the subsidiary attractions which it offers to its customers.”

Source: In Darkest England and the Way Out

“Human life, old and young, takes place between hope and remembrance. The young man sees all the gates to his desires open, and the old man remembers--his hopes.”

Men Humans Remember Young Desire Human Life Young Man Gates Old Man Remembrance

Author:Franz Grillparzer

“It made me gladsome to be getting some education, it being like a big window opening.”

Made Bigs Education Window Opening

Book:Precious Bane

Source: Precious Bane

“There is usually no dreamer so unworldly as the anthologist. He wanders in a vast garden, lost in wonder, unable to decide often between flowers of equal loveliness. ... The true anthologist has the greatest difficulty in finishing his book. There is always just one more, a new, delicious discovery.”

Book Lost Wonder Flower Equal Discovery Garden Difficulty Wander Just One Dreamer Delicious Finishing Loveliness

Author:Mary Webb

“There is surely no more unselfish person than the anthologist. For while all we others are striving to ensure our own immortality with eagerness, beguilements, buffooneries, loud voices, 'the sound of battle and garments rolled in blood,' the anthologist is quietly ensuring the immortality of somebody else.”

Persons Sound Voice Blood Battle Strive Loud Immortality Garments Unselfish Eagerness Loud Voices

Author:Mary Webb

“For the more a soul conforms to the sanity of others, the more does it become insane.”

Doe Soul Insane Conformity Sanity Conform

Author:Mary Webb

“She had for so many years been trying to be like other people, that she was now like nothing in heaven or earth.”

People Trying Years Earth Heaven Conformity

Author:Mary Webb

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