James Montgomery: Quotes about joy

James Montgomery was British editor, hymn writer, and poet. Explore interesting quotes on joy.
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“Joys too exquisite to last,
And yet more exquisite when past.”

James Montgomery

The Little Cloud.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

Past , Joy

“Night is the time to weep,
To wet with unseen tears
Those graves of memory where sleep
The joys of other years.”

James Montgomery

The Issues of Life and Death.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

Tear , Sleep , Memory , Time

“Bliss in possession will not last;
Remembered joys are never past;
At once the fountain, stream, and sea,
They were, they are, they yet shall be.”

James Montgomery

The Little Cloud.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

Past , Joy , Sea