English poet (1816-1902)
May such a calm triumphant course
To sacred souls be given,
That, river-like, though born on earth,
They image only Heaven.
PHILIP JAMES BAILEY
"To the Trent", The Angel World and Other Poems
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
Prayer is the spirit speaking truth to Truth.
PHILIP JAMES BAILEY
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
In greatest minds' great thoughts earth's passed; betimes
Fatal, foreshape the future.
PHILIP JAMES BAILEY
Universal Hymn
Lips like rosebuds peeping out of snow.
PHILIP JAMES BAILEY
Beauties of Festus