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  • Whose lines are mottoes of the heart,Whose truths electrify the sage.

    Thomas Campbell, Oliver Goldsmith, Thomas Gray (1872). “The Poetical Works of Campbell, Goldsmith and Gray: With Memoirs of the Authors”, p.167
  • Although no words can really help to ease the loss you bear, Just know that you are very close in every thought and prayer. To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die.

  • I'll meet the raging of the skies, but not an angry father.

    Thomas Campbell, Washington Irving, Gentleman of New York (1811). “The Poetical Works of Thomas Campbell: Including Several Pieces from the Original Manuscript, Never Before Published in this Country”, p.276
  • One moment may with bliss repay Unnumbered hours of pain.

    Thomas Campbell, Oliver Goldsmith, Thomas Gray (1872). “The Poetical Works of Campbell, Goldsmith and Gray: With Memoirs of the Authors”, p.202
  • How delicious is the winning Of a kiss at Love's beginning, When two mutual hearts are sighing For the knot there's no untying!

    Thomas Campbell (1837). “The Poetical Works of Thomas Campbell”, p.226
  • Men of England! who inheritRights that cost your sires their blood.

    Thomas Campbell, Samuel Rogers (1857). “The Complete Poetical Works of Samuel Rogers and Thomas Campbell: With an Original Biography and Sketch”, p.207
  • To live in the hearts of others is not to die

  • Triumphal arch, that fill'st the sky When storms prepare to part, I ask not proud Philosophy To teach me what thou art.

    Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Thomas Hood, Theodore Edward Hook (1821). “New Monthly Magazine”, p.16
  • Better be courted and jilted Than never be courted at all.

    'The Jilted Nymph' (1843)
  • Fundamental assumptions in general and scientific assumptions in particular are so hard to overturn because they are based on belief. Beliefs are so hard to overcome because they are irrational and therefore do not yield to logical argument.

  • Who hail thee, Man! the pilgrim of the day, spouse of the worm, and brother of the clay.

    Thomas Campbell, Oliver Goldsmith, Thomas Gray (1872). “The Poetical Works of Campbell, Goldsmith and Gray: With Memoirs of the Authors”, p.80
  • On the green banks of Shannon, when Sheelah was nigh, No blithe Irish lad was so happy as I, No harp like my own could so cheerily play, And wherever I went was my poor dog Tray.

    'The Harper' (1799)
  • For Beauty's tears are lovelier than her smile.

    Thomas Campbell (1804). “The Pleasures of Hope: With Other Poems and The Pleasures of Memory”, p.10
  • The meteor flag of England Shall yet terrific burn, Till danger's troubled night depart, And the star of peace return.

    Thomas Campbell, Oliver Goldsmith, Thomas Gray (1872). “The Poetical Works of Campbell, Goldsmith and Gray: With Memoirs of the Authors”, p.151
  • Never wedding, ever wooing, Still a lovelorn heart pursuing, Read you not the wrong you're doing In my cheek's pale hue? All my life with sorrow strewing; Wed or cease to woo.

    Samuel Rogers, Thomas Campbell, James Montgomery, Charles Lamb, Henry Kirke White (1830). “The poetical works of Rogers, Campbell, J. Montgomery, Lamb, and Kirke White: complete in one volume”, p.167
  • The prophet's mantle, ere his flight began, Dropt on the world--a sacred gift to man.

    Mark Akenside, Samuel Rogers, Thomas Campbell, James M'Henry (1841). “The Poems of the pleasures: consisting of The pleasures of imagination, by Mark Akenside; The pleasures of memory, by Samuel Rogers; The pleasures of hope, by Thomas Campbell; The pleasures of friendship, by James M'Henry”, p.207
  • Where the Scriptures speak, we speak; where the Scriptures are silent, we are silent.

    "The Good and Bad of the Vatican’s New LGBT Statement" by Christian Piatt, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 14, 2014.
  • Ye mariners of England! That guard our native seas; Whose flag has braved a thousand years, The battle and the breeze!

    Thomas Campbell (1854). “The Pleasures of Hope, Gertrude of Wyoming, and othe Poems: To which are added Collin's and Gray's poetical works Seventh Thousand”, p.93
  • Britannia needs no bulwarks, No towers along the steep; Her march is o'er the mountain waves, Her home is on the deep.

    Thomas Campbell (1839). “The Poetical Works of Thomas Campbell: Including Theodric, and Many Other Pieces Not Contained in Any Former Edition”, p.104
  • A stoic of the woods,--a man without a tear.

    Thomas Campbell, Oliver Goldsmith, Thomas Gray (1872). “The Poetical Works of Campbell, Goldsmith and Gray: With Memoirs of the Authors”, p.96
  • O leave this barren spot to me! Spare, woodman, spare the beechen tree.

    'The Beech-Tree's Petition'.
  • The only thing that is fundamental (real) is consciousness itself; all else is virtual- i.e., a result of an exchange of information within consciousness.

  • The being level speaks the language of art, music, color shape and pattern directly -- a language that requires no words -- is not limited by words -- nor does it have the specificity of words and thus cannot be broken onto parts that can be manipulated or analyzed by the intellect. It must be swallowed, whole not parsed, sorted and justified.

  • His faithful dog salutes the smiling guest.

    Thomas Campbell (1853). “The Complete Poetical Works of Thomas Campbell: With a Memoir of His Life ...”, p.37
  • Oh, how hard it is to find The one just suited to our mind!

    Thomas Campbell (1839). “The Poetical Works of Thomas Campbell: Including Theodric, and Many Other Pieces Not Contained in Any Former Edition”, p.164
  • Tis distance lends enchantment to the view, and robes the mountain in its azure hue.

    Pleasures of Hope pt. 1, l. 7 (1799).
  • Who hath not own'd, with rapture-smitten frame, The power of grace, the magic of a name.

    Thomas Campbell, Sir John Gilbert (1862). “The Poetical Works of Thomas Campbell. A New Edition, with Illustrations by John Gilbert. [With a Portrait.]”, p.16
  • A man who will not leave his room because he does not know how, or is afraid to open the door, is trapped just the same whether or not the door is locked.

    Thomas Campbell (2007). “My Big Toe: Awakening, Discovery, Inner Workings: A Trilogy Unifying Philosophy, Physics, and Metaphysics”, p.769, Lightning Strike Books
  • What millions died that Caesar might be great!

    'Pleasures of Hope' (1799) pt. 2, l. 174
  • The patriot's blood is the seed of Freedom's tree.

    Thomas Campbell, J. Logie Robertson (1884). “The Complete Poetical Works of Thomas Campbell”, p.215, Ardent Media
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