“Flag of the free heart's hope and home! By angel hands to valour given, Thy stars have lit the welkin dome; And all thy hues were born in heaven.” HeartHomeHandsGivenHeavenStarsBornAngelFlagsLitHueDomesValourAzureFree Heart Book:The Culprit Fay: And Other Poems Source: The Culprit Fay: And Other Poems
“The heart is like an instrument whose strings Steal nobler music from Life's many frets: The golden threads are spun thro' Suffering's fire, Wherewith the marriage-robes for heaven are woven: And all the rarest hues of human life Take radiance, and are rainbow'd out in tears.” HumansHeartSufferingHeavenFireTearsInstrumentsStealingGoldenHuman LifeStringsThreadRainbowWovenRobesRadianceHueSpun Book:Poems Source: Poems
“Like the rainbow, peace rests upon the earth, but its arch is lost in heaven. Heaven bathes it in hues of light--it springs up amid tears and clouds--it is a reflection of the eternal sun--it is an assurance of calm--it is the sign of a great covenant between God and man--it is an emanation from the distant orb of immortal light.” MenLightEarthLostHeavenPeaceSunTearsEternalSpringReflectionCalmCloudsImmortalRainbowAssuranceCovenantHueArchesOrbs Author:Charles Caleb Colton