“Oh! Duty is an icy shadow. It will freeze you. It cannot fill the heart's sanctuary.” HeartDutyShadowSanctuaryFreezeIcy Book:Beulah Source: Beulah
“The moving accident is not my trade; To freeze the blood I have no ready arts: 'Tis my delight, alone in summer shade, To pipe a simple song for thinking hearts.” ThinkingHeartArtMovingSongSimpleBloodReadySummerTradeDelightAccidentsShadePipeFreeze Author:William Wordsworth
“In placid hours well-pleased we dream Of many a brave unbodied scheme. But form to lend, pulsed life create, What unlike things must meet and mate: A flame to melt--a wind to freeze; Sad patience--joyous energies; Humility--yet pride and scorn; Instinct and study; love and hate; Audacity--reverence. These must mate, And fuse with Jacob's mystic heart, To wrestle with the angel--Art.” WellsHeartArtDreamFormHateEnergyHoursStudyHumilityWindPrideAngelBraveInstinctFlamesMatesReverenceSchemesScornJoyousMysticFreezeLove And HateJacobAudacityFusePlacid Book:Published Poems: The Writings of Herman Melville Source: Published Poems: The Writings of Herman Melville