Charles Godfrey Leland Quotes

The Lord of Learning who upraised mankind from being silent brutes to singing men.

If all the world must see the world
As the world the world hath seen,
Then it were better for the world
That the world have never been.

It was the noise Of ancient trees falling while all was still Before the storm, in the long interval Between the gathering clouds and that light breeze Which Germans call the Wind’s bride.

But, as old Swedish legends say, Of all the birds upon that day, The swallow felt the deepest grief, And longed to give her Lord relief, And chirped when any near would come. Hugswala swala swal honom! Meaning, as they who tell it deem, Oh, cool, oh, cool and comfort Him!

Life will be lengthened while growing, for
Thought is the measure of life.

Love leads to present rapture,-then to pain;
But all through Love in time is healed again.

Sweet music! sacred tongue of God.