English poet (1816-1902)
So sunset hath the richest sky,
So saints look happiest as they die.
PHILIP JAMES BAILEY
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"Autumn", The Angel World and Other Poems
Lips like rosebuds peeping out of snow.
PHILIP JAMES BAILEY
Beauties of Festus
See the gold sunshine patching,
And streaming and streaking across
The gray-green oaks; and catching,
By its soft brown beard, the moss.
PHILIP JAMES BAILEY
Festus
From the strength of the storm and the grasp of the sea,
And the lightning's red wrath, Heaven's ransomed are we.
PHILIP JAMES BAILEY
"Autumn", The Angel World and Other Poems
I cannot be content with less than Heaven.
PHILIP JAMES BAILEY
Festus
Prayer is the spirit speaking truth to Truth.
PHILIP JAMES BAILEY
Festus