Famous quotes containing the words hall, oates, years, sacred and/or songs:
“A cell for prayer, a hall for joy,—
They treated nature as they would.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“The worst cynicism: a belief in luck”
—Joyce Carol Oates (b. 1938)
“Thou little Child, yet glorious in the might
Of heaven-born freedom on thy being’s height,
Why with such earnest pains dost thou provoke
The years to bring the inevitable yoke,”
—William Wordsworth (1770–1850)
“Such sacred Treasures are the Limbs of Boys
In which a Soul doth dwell:”
—Thomas Traherne (1636–1674)
“And our sov’reign sole Creator
Lives eternal in the sky,
While we mortals yield to nature,
Bloom awhile, then fade and die.”
—Unknown. “Hail ye sighing sons of sorrow,” l. 13-16, Social and Campmeeting Songs (1828)