Isaac Watts (1674–1748) English hymnwriter, theologian and logician
Song 35: "A Cradle Hymn".
1710s, Divine Songs Attempted in the Easy Language of Children (1715)
“The shadow of the church falls o'er the ground,
Hallowing its place of rest; and here the dead
Slumber, where all religious impulses,
And sad and holy feelings, angel like,
Make the spot sacred with themselves, and wake
Those sorrowful emotions in the heart
Which purify it, like a temple meet
For an unearthly presence. Life, vain Life,
The bitter and the worthless, wherefore here
Do thy remembrances intrude?”
The Vow of the Peacock (1835)
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English poet and novelist 1802–1838Related quotes
“What use is it to slumber here:
Though the heart be sad and weary?”
Emily Brontë (1818–1848) English novelist and poet
What Use Is It To Slumber Here?
Context: What use is it to slumber here:
Though the heart be sad and weary?
What use is it to slumber here
Though the day rise dark and dreary?
Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802–1838) English poet and novelist
(29th March 1823) Song - I'll meet thee at the midnight hour
The London Literary Gazette, 1823
“Where there is sorrow there is holy ground.”
Oscar Wilde book De Profundis
De Profundis (1897)
Variant: Where there is no love there is no understanding.
Alexander the Great (-356–-323 BC) King of Macedon
Addressing the dead Hellenes (the Athenean and Thebean Greeks) of the Battle of Chaeronea, as quoted in Historiae Alexandri Magni by Quintus Curtius Rufus