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Bliss Carman Quotes

The greatest joy in nature is the absence of man.

Bliss Carman (1903). “The Kinship of Nature”

Have little care that Life is brief, And less that Art is long. Success is in the silences Though Fame is in the song.

1923 Ballads and Lyrics,'Envoi'. These lines are reproduced on the plaque erected in his honour at the University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Canada.

Thank God for poverty That makes and keeps us free And lets us go our unobtrusive way, Glad of the sun and rain, Upright, serene, humane, Contented with the fortune of a day.

Bliss Carman (1906). “Pipes of Pan: Containing "From the Book of Myths", "From the Green Book of the Bards", "Songs of the Sea Children", "Songs from a Northern Garden", "From the Book of Valentines,"”