Best grief & thee Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“Yet then from all my grief, O Lord, Thy mercy set me free, Whilst in the confidence of pray'r My soul took hold on thee.”

Soul Prayer Grief Lord Praying Mercy My Soul Thee

Book:The spectator

Source: The spectator

“My waking thoughts are all of thee. Your portrait and the remembrance of last night's delirium have robbed my senses of repose. Sweet and incomparable Josephine, what an extraordinary influence you have over my heart. Are you vexed? Do I see you sad? Are you ill at ease? My soul is broken with grief, and there is no rest for your lover.”

Heart Soul Lasts Night Grief Influence Sweet Broken Lovers My Heart Army Extraordinary Ill Senses My Soul Thee Ease Waking Portraits Remembrance Last Night Repose Delirium Incomparable

Author:Napoleon Bonaparte

“There is not unmitigated ill in the sharpest of this world's sorrows; I touch not the sore of thy guilt; but of human griefs I counsel thee, Cast off the weakness of regret, and gird thee to redeem thy loss: Thou has gained, in the furnace of affliction, self-knowledge, patience and humility, And these be as precious ore, that waiteth the skill of the coiner: Despise not the blessings of adversity, nor the gain thou hast earned so hardly, And now thou hast drained the bitter, take heed that thou lose not the sweet.”

Source: Tupper's Poetical Works: Proverbial Philosophy, A Thousand Lines, Hactenus

“Weep not, my wanton, smile upon my knee;When thou art old there's grief enough for thee.”

Art Enough Grief Thee Knees Wanton

Book:The dramatic and poetical works of Robert Greene & George Peele: with memoirs of the authors and notes

Source: The dramatic and poetical works of Robert Greene & George Peele: with memoirs of the authors and notes

“Do right! and thou hast naught to fear;Right hath a power that makes thee strong.The night is dark, but light is near;The grief is short, the joy is long.”

Long Light Joy Night Strong Dark Grief Thee

Author:Thomas Cogswell Upham

“Forgetfulness of grief I yet may gain;In some wise may come ending to my pain;It may be yet the Gods will have me glad!Yet, Love, I would that thee and pain I had!”

May Pain Grief Wise Gains Glad Gods Will Thee Forgetfulness

Book:Delphi Complete Works of William Morris (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of William Morris (Illustrated)

“Let not therefore thy heart be troubled, neither let it fear. Trust in me, and put thy confidence in my mercy. When thou thinkest thyself farthest off from me, oftentimes I am nearest unto thee. When thou countest almost all to be lost, then oftentimes the greatest gain of reward is close at hand. All is not lost, when any thing falleth out contrary. Thou oughtest not to judge according to present feeling; nor so to take any grief, or give thyself over to it.”

Giving Heart Feelings Hands Lost Grief Judging Gains Mercy Rewards Contrary Thee Thyself

Author:Thomas a Kempis

“Forgive my grief for one removed Thy creature whom I found so fair I trust he lives in Thee and there I find him worthier to be loved.”

Found Grief Creatures Fairs Forgiving Thee

Book:Tennyson: Selected Poetry

Source: Tennyson: Selected Poetry

“He that is thy friend indeed, He will help thee in thy need: If thou sorrow, he will weep; If thou wake, he cannot sleep: Thus of every grief in heart He with thee does bear a part. These are certain signs to know Faithful friend from flattering foe.”

Ifs Knows Needs Heart Doe Helping Certain Sleep Grief Bears Sorrow Thee Faithful Foe Flattering Faithful Friends

Book:The plays and poems of William Shakspeare

Source: The plays and poems of William Shakspeare

“ask not for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee”

“It were a grief so brief to part with thee. Farewell.”

Grief Thee Farewell

Book:Romeo and Juliet ...

Source: Romeo and Juliet ...

“I feel my griefs too, and there scarce is ground Upon my flesh t'inflict another wound. Yet dare I not complain, or wish for death With holy Paul; lest it be thought the breath Of discontent; or that these prayers be For weariness of life, not love of thee.”

Feels Wish Prayer Grief Holy Breaths Dare Complaining Flesh Wounds Thee Discontent Scarce Weariness

Book:The Works: In 9 Volumes. ... containing Masques, &c. Epigrams. Underwoods

Source: The Works: In 9 Volumes. ... containing Masques, &c. Epigrams. Underwoods

“And wilt thou have me fashion into speech The love I bear thee, finding words enough, And hold the torch out, while the winds are rough, Between our faces, to cast light on each? - I dropt it at thy feet. I cannot teach My hand to hold my spirits so far off From myself--me--that I should bring thee proof In words, of love hid in me out of reach. Nay, let the silence of my womanhood Commend my woman-love to thy belief, - Seeing that I stand unwon, however wooed, And rend the garment of my life, in brief, By a most dauntless, voiceless fortitude, Lest one touch of this heart convey its grief.”

Source: Sonnets from the Portuguese

“I love thee with the passion put to use In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith. I love thee with a love I seemed to lose With my lost saints,-I love thee with the breath, Smiles, tears, of all my life!-and, if God choose, I shall but love thee better after death.”

“He that is thy friend indeed, - He will help thee in thy need: - If thou sorrow, he will weep; - If you wake, he cannot sleep; - Thus of every grief in heart - He with thee doth bear a part.”

Ifs Needs Heart Helping Sleep Grief Bears Sorrow Thee Best Friend

Author:Richard Barnfield

“Art thou in misery, brother? Then I pray Be comforted. Thy grief shall pass away. Art thou elated? Ah, be not too gay; Temper thy joy: this, too, shall pass away. Art thou in danger? Still let reason sway, And cling to hope: this, too, shall pass away. Tempted art thou? In all thine anguish lay One truth to heart: this, too, shall pass away. Do rays of loftier glory round thee play? Kinglike art thou? This, too, shall pass away! Whate'er thou art, wher'er thy footsteps stray, Heed these wise words: This, too, shall pass away.”

“O loss of sight, of thee I most complain! Blind among enemies, O worse than chains, dungeon or beggary, or decrepit age! Light, the prime work of God, to me is extinct, and all her various objects of delight annulled, which might in part my grief have eased. Inferior to the vilest now become of man or worm; the vilest here excel me, they creep, yet see; I, dark in light, exposed to daily fraud, contempt, abuse and wrong, within doors, or without, still as a fool, in power of others, never in my own; scarce half I seem to live, dead more than half.”

Source: The poetical works of John Milton, with life. Complete ed

“This day, my God, I hate sin not because it damns me, but because it has done Thee wrong. To have grieved my God is the worst grief to me.”

Done Hate Sin Grief Worst I Hate Thee This Day Bereavement Sins Not

Author:Charles Spurgeon

“How can you and I really expect to glide naively through life, as if to say, 'Lord, give me experience, but not grief, not sorrow, not pain, not opposition, not betrayal, and certainly not to be forsaken. Keep from me, Lord, all those experiences which made Thee what Thou art! Then, let me come and dwell with Thee and fully share Thy joy!'”

“Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind; And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.”

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