How awful is that hour when con, science stings
James Gates Percival quote I am one who finds within me a nobility that spurns the idle pratings of the great, and their mean boasts of what their fathers were, while they themselves are fools effeminate
James Gates Percival quote Sweet flower, thou tellest how hearts as pure and tender as thy leaf, as low and humble as thy stem, will surely know the joy that peace imparts
James Gates Percival quote The thundering voice that wrings, in one dark, damning moment, crimes of years!
James Gates Percival quote Thought can wing its way
Swifter than lightning-flashes or the beam
That hastens on the pinions of the morn.
James Gates Percival quote Biography
American poet, 1795 - 1856
