Martin Farquhar Tupper: Quotes about heart

Martin Farquhar Tupper was English writer and poet. Explore interesting quotes on heart.
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“For the deepest in feeling is highest in rank,
The freest is first of the band,
Nature's own Nobleman, friendly and frank,
Is a man with his heart in his hand!”

Martin Farquhar Tupper

Nature's Nobleman (1844)
Context: Away with false fashion, so calm and so chill,
Where pleasure itself cannot please;
Away with cold breeding, that faithlessly still
Affects to be quite at its ease;
For the deepest in feeling is highest in rank,
The freest is first of the band,
Nature's own Nobleman, friendly and frank,
Is a man with his heart in his hand!

Feeling , Nature , Heart

“Eye hath not seen, tongue hath not told,
And ear hath not heard it sung,
How buoyant and bold, though it seem to grow old,
Is the heart, forever young; —

Forever young, — though life's old age
Hath every nerve unstrung:
The heart, the heart, is a heritage
That keeps the old man young!”

Martin Farquhar Tupper

The Song of Seventy.
A Thousand Lines (1846)

Life , Age , Heart

“A dream, a dream, — it is all a dream,
A strange, sad dream, good sooth;
For old as I am, and old as I seem,
My heart is full of youth.”

Martin Farquhar Tupper

The Song of Seventy.
A Thousand Lines (1846)

Youth , Sadness , Dreams , Heart

“Hush,—for the halo of calmness is spreading
Over my spirit as mild as a dove;
Hush,—for the angel of comfort is shedding
Over my body his vial of love;
Hush,—for new slumbers are over me stealing,
Thus would I court them again and again,
Hush,—for my heart is intoxicate,—reeling
In the swift waltz of my beautiful brain!”

Martin Farquhar Tupper

Sloth, l. 25-32.
Ballads for the Times (1851)

Love , Beauty , Angels , Heart

“Rise! ye gallant youth of Britain,
Gather to your country's call,
On your hearts her name is written,
Rise to help her, one and all!”

Martin Farquhar Tupper

Rule, Britannia!, l. 1-4.
Ballads for the Times (1851)

Youth , Help , Heart , Country

“O fair, false city, thou gay and gilded harlot!
Wo for thy wanton heart, wo for thy wicked hardness!
Wo unto thee, that the lightsomeness of life, beneath Italian suns,
Should meet the solemnity of death, in a sepulchre so foul and fearful!”

Martin Farquhar Tupper

Of Death.
Proverbial Philosophy (1838-1849)

Life , Death , Fear , Sun

“When streams of unkindness, as bitter as gall,
Bubble up from the heart to the tongue,
And Meekness is writhing in torment and thrall,
By the hands of Ingratitude wrung, —
In the heat of injustice, unwept and unfair,
While the anguish is festering yet,
None, none but an angel or God can declare
"I now can forgive and forget."”

Martin Farquhar Tupper

Forgive and Forget, l. 1-8.
Ballads for the Times (1851)

God , Angels , Forgiveness , Heart

“Error is a hardy plant; it flourisheth in every soil;
In the heart of the wise and good, alike with the wicked and foolish;
For there is no error so crooked, but it hath in it some lines of truth;
Nor is any poison so deadly, that it serveth not some wholesome use.”

Martin Farquhar Tupper

Of Truth in Things False.
Proverbial Philosophy (1838-1849)

Truth , Error , Heart