Verse/religion

Famous quotes containing the words verse and/or religion:

“Then my verse I dishonour, my pictures despise,
My person degrade & my temper chastise;
And the pen is my terror, the pencil my shame;
And my talents I bury, and dead is my fame.”
—William Blake (1757–1827)

“Their religion was sweetness and peace amidst toil and tears.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)