Richard Henry Stoddard Quotes

Not what we would, but what we must
Makes up the sum of living;
Heaven is both more and less than just
In taking and in giving. - View Quote Details on Not what we would, but what we must
Makes up…
We have two lives about us,
Two worlds in which we dwell,
Within us and without us,
Alternate Heaven and Hell:—
Without, the somber Real,
Within, our hearts of hearts, the beautiful Ideal. - View Quote Details on We have two lives about us,
Two worlds in which we…
It beckons, I follow.
Good-by to the light,
I am going, O whither?
Out into the night. - View Quote Details on It beckons, I follow.
Good-by to the light,
I am going,…
A face at the window,
A tap on the pane;
Who is it that wants me
To-night in the rain? - View Quote Details on A face at the window,
A tap on the pane;
Who…
There are gains for all our losses,
There are balms for all our pain:
But when youth, the dream, departs,
It takes something from our hearts,
And it never comes again. - View Quote Details on There are gains for all our losses,
There are balms…
Joy may be a miser,
But Sorrow’s purse is free. - View Quote Details on Joy may be a miser,
But Sorrow’s purse is free.