Date: 1847
"His brightening mind brightened his features, and added spirit and nobility to their aspect."
preview | full record— Brontë, Emily (1818-1848)
Date: March 13, 1847
"On this account we compare the heart with the sea, because the purity of the sea lies in its constancy of depth and transparency. No storm may perturb it; no sudden gust of wind may stir its surface, no drowsy fog may sprawl out over it; no doubtful movement may stir within it; no swift-moving c...
preview | full record— Kierkegaard, Søren (1813-1855)
Date: March 13, 1847
"As the sea, when it lies clam and deeply transparent, yearns for heaven, so may the pure heart, when it is calm and deeply transparent, yearn for God. As the sea is made pure by yearning for heaven alone; so may the heart become pure by yearning only for the Good. As the sea mirrors the elevatio...
preview | full record— Kierkegaard, Søren (1813-1855)
Date: 1848
"Choak not the granary of thy noble mind / With more bad bitter grain"
preview | full record— Keats, John (1795-1821) [in collab. with Brown]
Date: 1848
"A young man's heart, by Heaven's blessing, is / A wide world, where a thousand new-born hopes / Empurple fresh the melancholy blood"
preview | full record— Keats, John (1795-1821) [in collab. with Brown]
Date: 1848
An old man's heart is narrow, tenantless of hopes, and stuffed with memories
preview | full record— Keats, John (1795-1821) [in collab. with Brown]
Date: 1848
Charitable eyes may thaw a heart
preview | full record— Keats, John (1795-1821) [in collab. with Brown]
Date: 1848
A sword's point may be dipped in "the gloomy current of a traitor's heart"
preview | full record— Keats, John (1795-1821)
Date: 1848
"Byron! how sweetly sad thy melody! / Attuning still the soul to tenderness"
preview | full record— Keats, John (1795-1821)
