“The pious farmer, who ne'er misses pray'rs, With patience suffers unexpected rain; He blesses Heav'n for what its bounty spares, And sees, resign'd, a crop of blighted grain. But, spite of sermons, farmers would blaspheme, If a star fell to set their thatch on flame.” IfsSufferingStarsMissingPrayingRainFlamesSpiteUnexpectedBlessFarmersGrainSparesSermonsCropsResignationPiousBounty Book:The Letters and Works: In Three Volumes Source: The Letters and Works: In Three Volumes
“I admit that reason is a small and feeble flame, a flickering torch by stumblers carried in the star-less night, - blown and flared by passion's storm, - and yet, it is the only light. Extinguish that, and nought remains.” ReasonLightNightPassionStarsAtheismRemainsPositive AtheismStormFlamesTorches Book:The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll Source: The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll
“I would that we were, my beloved, white birds on the foam of the sea! We tire of the flame of the meteor, before it can fadeand flee; And the flame of the blue star of twilight, hung low on the rim of the sky, Has awaked in our hearts, my beloved, a sadness that may not die.” HeartMayDiesStarsWhiteSeaSadnessSkyLowsBirdBlueLongingBelovedFlamesTwilightHungTireDissatisfactionFoamRimsMeteorsWhite Birds Book:Early Poems Source: Early Poems