Richard Hovey Quotes

Richard Hovey was an American poet. Graduating from Dartmouth College in 1885, he is known in part for penning the school Alma Mater, Men of Dartmouth. Wikipedia  

✵ 4. May 1864 – 24. February 1900
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Famous Richard Hovey Quotes

“The East and the West in the spring of the world shall blend
As a man and a woman that plight
Their troth in the warm spring night.”

"Spring", p. 61. Compare: "Oh, East is East and West is West and never the twain shall meet", Rudyard Kipling.
Along the Trail (1898)

“Who would not rather founder in the fight
Than not have known the glory of the fray?”

"Two and Fate", p. 29.
Along the Trail (1898)

Richard Hovey Quotes about love

“How loving is the Lord God and how strong withal!”

"Benzaquen", p. 109.
Along the Trail (1898)

“Nor love they least
Who strike with right good will
To vanquish ill
And fight God’s battle upward from the beast.”

"The Call of the Bugles", p. 15.
Along the Trail (1898)

“There is no sorrow like a love denied
Nor any joy like love that has its will.”

Act i. Sc. 3.
The Marriage of Guenevere (1891)

“Love seeks a guerdon; friendship is as God,
Who gives and asks no payment.”

Act i. Sc. 1.
The Marriage of Guenevere (1891)

Richard Hovey Quotes

“The great white cold walks abroad!”

"Dartmouth Winter-song", p. 80.
Along the Trail (1898)

“The people blossoms armies and puts forth
The splendid summer of its noiseless might.”

"The Call of the Bugles", p. 5.
Along the Trail (1898)

“Fair weather weddings make fair weather lives.”

Act i. Sc. 3.
The Marriage of Guenevere (1891)

“Spring in the world!
And all things are made new!”

"Spring", p. 58.
Along the Trail (1898)

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