My name was Isabella; but when I left the house of bondage, I left everything behind. I wa'n't goin' to keep nothin' of Egypt on m...e, an' so I went to the Lord an' asked him to give me a new name. And the Lord gave me Sojourner, because I was to travel up an' down the land, showin' the people their sins, an' bein' a sign unto them. Afterward I told the Lord I wanted another name, 'cause everybody else had two names; and the Lord gave me Truth, because I was to declare Truth to the people.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Burst into my narrow stall; Swing the picture on the wall;... Run the rattling pages o'er; Scatter poems on the floor; Turn the poet out of door.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
man will be blotted out, the blithe earth die, the brave sun Die blind and blacken to the heart:... Yet stones have stood for a thousand years, and pained thoughts found The honey of peace in old poems.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Yet I trust the sanity of my vessel; and... if it sinks, it may well be in answer to the reasoning of the eternal voices, the waves which have kept me from reaching you.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The child who enters life comes not with knowledge or intent, So those who enter death must go as little children sent.... Nothing is known. But I believe that God is overhead; And as life is to the living, so death is to the dead.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I can nail my left palm to the left-hand cross-piece but... I can't do everything myself. I need a hand to nail the right, a help, a love, a you, a wife.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
We want our children to become warm, decent human beings who reach out generously to those in need. We hope they find values and i...deals to give their lives purpose so they contribute to the world and make it a better place because they have lived in it. Intelligence, success, and high achievement are worthy goals, but they mean nothing if our children are not basically kind and loving people.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »