William Rounseville Alger was a Unitarian minister and author whose writings were important to the development of comparative religious studies. His works included The Poetry of the East and A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life . Wikipedia
“The moon is a silver pin-head vast,
That holds the heaven's tent-hangings fast.”
"The Use of the Moon", p. 178.
Poetry of the Orient, 1865 edition
"The Ninth Paradise", p. 223.
Poetry of the Orient, 1865 edition
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"The Utility and Futility of Aphorisms," 1863
Source: "The Utility and Futility of Aphorisms," 1863, p. 178.
“Men often make up in wrath what they want in reason.”
Reported in Maturin Murray Ballou, Treasury of thought: Forming an encyclopedia of quotations from Ancient and Modern Authors (1884), p. 23.
"Mirtsa Schaffy on Eyes", p. 228.
Poetry of the Orient, 1865 edition
“When man seized the loadstone of science, the loadstar of superstition vanished in the clouds.”
Reported in Maturin Murray Ballou, Treasury of thought: Forming an encyclopedia of quotations from Ancient and Modern Authors (1884), p. 460.
“Most men give advice by the bucket, but take it by the grain.”
Reported in Raphael Lewin, Ed., The New Era (1872), Volume 2, p. 315.
"Love Sowing and Reaping Roses", p. 295.
Poetry of the Orient, 1893 edition
"Mussud's Praise of the Camel", p. 257.
Poetry of the Orient, 1893 edition
“As two floating planks meet and part on the sea,
O friend! so I met and then drifted from thee.”
"The Brief Chance Encounter", p. 196.
Poetry of the Orient, 1865 edition
"The Sober Drunkenness", p. 167.
Poetry of the Orient, 1865 edition
“God's mills grind slow,
But they grind woe.”
"Delayed Retribution", p. 123.
Poetry of the Orient, 1865 edition
"Swift Opportunity", p. 281.
Poetry of the Orient, 1893 edition
“Fill up the goblet and reach to me some!
Drinking makes wise, but dry fasting makes glum.”
"Wine Song of Kaitmas", p. 161.
Poetry of the Orient, 1865 edition
"Elbow Room", p. 188.
Poetry of the Orient, 1865 edition
"A Leader to Repose", p. 101.
Poetry of the Orient, 1865 edition
