Quote#Kindness
O hearken the words of his voice of compassion
Quote byWilliam Morris · 1834–1896
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Song IX: Ho Ye Who Seek Saving.
English (original)
O hearken the words of his voice of compassion: "Come cling round about me, ye faithful who sicken Of the weary unrest and the world's passing fashions! As the rain in mid-morning your troubles shall thicken, But surely within you some Godhead doth quicken, As ye cry to me heeding, and leading you home."
— William Morris
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O thrush, your song is passing sweet But never a song that you have sung, Is half so sweet as thrushes sang When my dear Love and I were young.
I know a little garden-close Set thick with lily and red rose, Where I would wander if I might From dewy dawn to dewy night, And have one with me wandering.
Wert thou more fickle than the restless sea, Still should I love thee, knowing thee for such.
Now such an one for daughter Creon had As maketh wise men fools and young men mad.
The majesty That from man's soul looks through his eager eyes.
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