Sarojini Naidu (1879–1949) Indian politician, governor of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh from 1947 to 1949
Her poem in "The Golden Treasury of Indo-Anglian Poetry, 1828-1965", p=161
Poetry
Source: The Building of the Ship (1849), Lines 396-399.
Sarojini Naidu (1879–1949) Indian politician, governor of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh from 1947 to 1949
Her poem in "The Golden Treasury of Indo-Anglian Poetry, 1828-1965", p=161
Poetry
Fakhruddin 'Iraqi (1213–1289) Persian philosopher
"We Yield Our Hearts" ~ Poetry for the Spirit: Poems of Universal Wisdom and Beauty (2002) Edited by Alan Jacobs
Context: Since we have quaffed
the beaker of Thy love, we yield our hearts
and make our Lives Thy ransom: since we come
again into Thy street, we turn our backs
on all that is, save Thee. Our souls are bound
to serve Thee, though in grief, and we have died
to selfhood! We are captives of Thy love
and have not strength to flee. Thy beauty's fever
has lit a flame: shall not our hearts be burned?
Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809–1894) Poet, essayist, physician
Army Hymn; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
William Ellery Channing (1780–1842) United States Unitarian clergyman
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 85
“However corrupt our hearts, and however wicked our past lives, there is hope for us in the Gospel.”
J.C. Ryle (1816–1900) Anglican bishop
Vol. I, Luke V: 12–16, p. 137
Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: St. Luke (1858–1859)