My weary limbs are scarcely stretched for repose, before red dawn peeps into my chamber window, and the birds in the whispering le...aves over the roof, apprise me by their sweetest notes that another day of toil awaits me. I arise, the harness is hastily adjusted and once more I step upon the tread-mill.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Unbreachable the fort Of the long-batter'd world uplifts its wall;... And strange and vain the earthly turmoil grows, And near and real the charm of thy repose, And night as welcome as a friend would fall.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The repose of sleep refreshes only the body. It rarely sets the soul at rest. The repose of the night does not belong to us. It is... not the possession of our being. Sleep opens within us an inn for phantoms. In the morning we must sweep out the shadows.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Atheism..., that bugbear of women and fools, is the very top and perfection of free-thinking. It is the grand arcanum to which a t...rue genius naturally riseth, by a certain climax or gradation of thought, and without which he can never possess his soul in absolute liberty and repose.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Creation's blithe and petaled word To the lounged goddess when she rose... Conceding dialogue with eyes That smile unsearchable repose--LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I think that the heroism which at this day would make on us the impression of Epaminondas and Phocion must be that of a domestic c...onqueror. He who shall bravely and gracefully subdue this Gorgon of Convention and Fashion, and show men how to lead a clean, handsome and heroic life amid the beggarly elements of our cities and villages; whoso shall teach me how to eat my meat and take my repose and deal with men, without any shame following, will restore the life of man to splendor, and make his own name dear to all history.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »