Top 7 Quotes by Henry Timrod

There is no holier spot of ground than where defeated valor lies by mourning beauty crowned

There is no holier spot of ground than where defeated valor lies by mourning beauty crowned

Lying, Mourning, Defeated

Henry Timrod (1873). “The Poems of Henry Timrod”, p.210

Each has its lesson; for our dreams in sooth, come they in shape of demons, gods, or elves, are allegories with deep hearts of truth that tell us solemn secrets of ourselves.

Henry Timrod

Dream, Heart, Secret

Henry Timrod (2007). “The Collected Poems of Henry Timrod: A Variorum Edition”, p.38, University of Georgia Press

Out in the lonely woods the jasmine burns Its fragrant lamps, and turns Into a royal court with green festoons The banks of dark lagoons.

Henry Timrod

Lonely, Dark, Lamps

Henry Timrod (1873). “The Poems of Henry Timrod”, p.131

Sleep sweetly in your humble graves,Sleep, martyrs of a fallen cause;Though yet no marble column cravesThe pilgrim here to pause.Stoop, angels, hither from the skies!There is no holier spot of groundThan where defeated valor lies,By mourning beauty crowned!

Henry Timrod

Lying, Humble, Sleep

Henry Timrod, “Ode:Sung On The. Occasion Of Decorating The Graves Of The Confederate Dead”

Spring is a true reconstructionist.

Henry Timrod

Spring, May

Henry Timrod (1873). “The Poems of Henry Timrod”, p.49

And down the dunes a thousand guns lie crouched,Unseen, beside the flood -Like tigers in some Orient jungle crouchedThat wait and watch for blood.Meanwhile, through streets still echoing with trade,Walk grave and thoughtful men,Whose hands may one day wield the patriot's bladeAs lightly as the pen.

Henry Timrod

Lying, Men, Gun

Henry Timrod, “Charleston”