“Ah me! why may not love and life be one?”
Quotes by Henry Timrod
“Each has its lesson; for our dreams in sooth, come they in shape of demons, gods, or elves, are allegories with deep hearts of truth that tell us solemn secrets of ourselves.”
“So, Lady, may I still retain A right I would not lose again, For all that gold or guilt can buy, Or all that Heaven itself deny, A right such love may justly claim, Of seeing thee in friendship's name. Give me but this, and still at whiles, A portion of thy faintest smiles, It were enough to bless; I may not, dare not ask for more Than boon so rich, and yet so poor, But I should die with less.”
Henry TimrodHenry Timrod was an American poet renowned for his poignant reflections on the Southern experience during the Civil War. Often referred to as the 'Poet of the Confederacy,' he captured the spirit and ...